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Raleighite Hannah Casso, popularly known as \"Pretty Peggy,\" was responsible for naming the infant who became the 17th President of the U.S., Raleigh native Andrew Johnson.
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11278
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Former President Woodrow Wilson has many ties with North Carolina. In 1873 Wilson attended one year at Davidson College when his father moved to Wilmington. Due to consistent stomach ills that plagued him during his education, Wilson spent several years in Wilmington, recovering. His constant work in the South led him to return to North Carolina on business or politics several times up to his presidency.
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13403
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A Tar Heel was considered by President Woodrow Wilson to be the best qualified man in the United States to be President. David Franklin Houston was born in Monroe in 1866 and served in Wilson's cabinet for 8 years as Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Treasury.
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16723
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The North Carolina State Fair began in 1853 as an initiative of the North Carolina Agricultural Society's to promote its scientific and economic progress in agriculture and industry. The annual fair occurs at a key political time, just weeks before November elections, which draws attention from presidential hopefuls. Some notable presidential figures included Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Gerald Ford.
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19745
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Part of Martin Van Buren's records at the Library of Congress includes 61 volumes of various correspondence and personal papers. Within these are letters between Van Buren and several of the state's Democrats of the period. The relevant letters are reprinted here to demonstrate North Carolinian's opinions on national issues of the period.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1938,
p53-81, f
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19749
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Part of Martin Van Buren's records at the Library of Congress includes 61 volumes of various correspondence and personal papers. Within these are letters between Van Buren and several of the state's Democrats of the period. The relevant letters are reprinted here to demonstrate North Carolinian's opinions on national issues of the period. This is a continuation from the January 1938 volume and contains letters from March 1840 to August 1852.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 15 Issue 2, April 1938,
p131-155, f
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30120
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Only 19 of the men who have served as the President of the United States were active candidates for a party nomination. Twelve of the thirty-one presidents may be considered accidental presidents as they became leaders of the nation without receiving the majority votes.
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