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Dortch was born near Rocky Mount in 1824. Educated in local schools,Dortch entered the famous Bingham School in Hillsborough and later studied law. During the Civil War he was a member of the Confederate Senate from North Carolina. After the war, he played a part in helping to enact into law many beneficial pieces of legislation in the state, and in 1881, he was appointed chairman of a commission that revised the North Carolina Code.