Giles Mebane (1809–1899) was a North Carolina politician who served in the

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate during most of the American Civil War ( 1862–1865).

Biography

He was the grandson of Congressman

Alexander Mebane Alexander Mebane, Jr. (November 26, 1744 – July 5, 1795) was a U.S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina from 1793 to 1795. He was also a brigadier general in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. Early life Alexand ...

and the son of Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives

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. Mebane married Mary Yancey, the daughter of

Bartlett Yancey Bartlett Yancey (February 19, 1785 - August 30, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. congressman from North Carolina, United States, between 1813 and 1817. Born near Yanceyville, North Carolina, Yancey attended Hyco Academy in Caswell Cou ...

, in 1837. He represented

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(later Alamance County after the latter county was formed in 1849) in the North Carolina House of Commons from 1844 through 1850 as a member of the Whig Party. He returned to the House in 1854 and 1858 before being elected to the

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in 1861. At the end of the war he moved to

Caswell County Caswell County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,736. Its county seat is Yanceyville. Partially bordering the state of Virginia ...

, where he was also later elected to the state Senate. GilesMebaneTombstone

References

The History of Alamance
1809 births 1899 deaths Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina state senators People from Caswell County, North Carolina 19th-century American legislators North Carolina Whigs People from Alamance County, North Carolina Giles {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub