Iredell Meares (December 15, 1856 - September 1931) was a lawyer, public speaker, and politician in North Carolina. His obituary describes him as one of lower Cape Fear's most colorful characters.

Early life

He was born in

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into a prominent family. His family's finances were wrecked by the Civil War and father died in 1871. A Democrat, he became an independent, then a Republican, and ran for governor as a Progressive. He reportedly sent his co-counsel a poem in lieu of a fee. He served as deputy of customs in Wilmington. He testified on the proposed establishment of a Department of Education in Washington D.C. He was a lawyer for the

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. He was a Progressive Party candidate in the 1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election. Later in his career he worked in Washington D.C. He owned two

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. He was married to Josephine Meares. They had a daughter. He died September 1931 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Writings

*"An Address on the Administration of the Law; Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the New Courthouse for New Hanover County, at Wilmington, N.C., April 21st, 1892" *"Mix Brains and Ballots; Day for Intellectual Voting" (1908) *"Bank Deposit Guaranty; An Opposition View" (1908) *"Mr. Taft's Judicial Decisions as They Relate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Labor Strikes" (1908) *"Is the South to be Humiliated?; An Appeal to Southern Manhood" (1908) *"Presidents who Have Visited Wilmington, N.C.; Washington, Monroe, Polk, Fillmore, Taft : Souvenir, November 9, 1909" *"God Not in the Covenant; The League of Nations Doomed on the Day the Conference Met" (1920) *''The Trading with the Enemy Act; As Enacted and Amended, with Annotations : Addendum and Appendix Comprising Data Relating to the Act'' Star Publishing 1924

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meares, Iredell 1856 births 1931 deaths North Carolina lawyers Progressive Party (1912) state governors of the United States 20th-century North Carolina politicians

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