James Turner Morehead (January 11, 1799 – May 5, 1875) was the younger brother of North Carolina Governor

John Motley Morehead John Motley Morehead (July 4, 1796 – August 27, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina (1841 to 1845). He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina." Early and ...

and a Congressional Representative from

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. He was born in

Rockingham County, North Carolina Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star." Rockingham County is included in ...

, on January 11, 1799; he attended the common schools and graduated from the

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in 1819. A lawyer, Morehead studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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, before going into politics. First, he served as commissioner of Greensboro in 1832, 1834, and 1835; then as a member of the

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in 1835, 1836, 1838, 1840, and 1842. He was also a trustee of his ''alma mater'', the University of North Carolina, from 1836 to 1868. In 1850, he was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 - March 4, 1853); after his term was up, he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. After retiring from national politics, he resumed the practice of his profession, and also engaged in agricultural pursuits and operated an iron works. Morehead died in Greensboro, N.C., on May 5, 1875. He is interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery there.

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U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory

John Motley Morehead : 200th birthday celebration, 1796-1996 / Robert Lindsay Morehead, Anne Fulcher Nelson, Charles E. Lovelace, Jr.
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* The King of Rockingham Country and the Original Bridge to Nowhere - The Story of B.F. Meban

* The Morehead Family of North Carolina and Virgini

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morehead, James Turner 1799 births 1875 deaths People from Rockingham County, North Carolina Morehead family American people of Scottish descent Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina North Carolina state senators 19th-century American businesspeople

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