Record #:

16070

Author(s):

Crabtree, Beth

Abstract:

Richard Caswell was the first governor despite no campaigning and not being directly elected by the state's citizens. He moved from Maryland in the mid-1700s to Lenoir County to be a surveyor and later county clerk. From 1776-1780 and again from 1784-1787, he served as governor and later as state Senator until his death on November 10, 1789.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Dec 1972, p3, il

Subject(s):

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789