Hertford, on May 25, 1855. He was a member of a wealthy political family; his father, James C. Skinner, was a state senator and clerk of the county court, and his grandfather, also named Harry Skinner, had served in both houses of the North Carolina legislature.
He attended
Hertford Academy and was graduated from the
University of Kentucky College of Law
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at Lexington.
He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in
Greenville, North Carolina.
Political career
He served on the town council in 1878 before joining
Governor Jarvis' staff and serving as aide-de-camp (1879–1886). He chaired the Democratic executive committees of the First Congressional District (1880–1890) and of Pitt County (1880–1892). In 1891 and 1892 he was a member of the State house of representatives. He chaired the Populist executive committee of Pitt County (1892–1896).
He was a member of the State central committee (1892–1896) and a trustee of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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(1890–1896).
Family
He married Lottie Montiero on June 5, 1878, and they had six children. He remarried to Ella Montiero on October 26, 1895, and they had one child.
Congress
Skinner was elected as a
Populist
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to the
Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899), but in 1898 was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to the
Fifty-sixth Congress
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.
Later career and death
He served as
United States attorney
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for the
eastern district of North Carolina (1902–1910), after which he resumed the practice of law in Greenville, where he died on May 19, 1929.
He was interred in Cherry Hill Cemetery.
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1855 births
1929 deaths
People from Hertford, North Carolina
North Carolina Democrats
North Carolina Populists
People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
University of Kentucky College of Law alumni