Record #:

3188

Author(s):

Breytspraak, Charlotte; Breytspraak, Jack

Abstract:

Although remembered for killing Richard Dobbs Spaight in the state's most famous duel in 1802, John Stanley had a distinguished career in politics. Elected in 1801 to the U.S. House of Representatives, he was speaker when felled by a stroke in 1827.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Nov 1988, p32-36, bibl

Subject(s):

Stanley, John, 1774-1833