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David Stone (A-7)

Governor, 1808-10; U.S. Senator; Congressman. "Hope," his home, stands 4 miles northwest.

Thomas J. Jarvis (A-6)

Governor, 1879-1885; Minister to Brazil; U.S. Senator; was born in a house which stood here.

Senator and Jurist A.S. Merrimon

On November 14, 1892, U.S. Senator and Chief Justice of North Carolina A.S. Merrimon died. Born in 1830 in Transylvania County, Merrimon studied law alongside Zebulon B.

Former Governor Clyde Hoey Died at His U.S. Senate Desk, 1954

On May 12, 1954, Clyde Hoey died in his office in the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. of Watergate Fame

On April 23, 1985, former U.S. Senator and Watergate Committee chairman Sam J. Ervin, Jr., died of respiratory failure at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was 88.

Gertrude McKee, Groundbreaking Lawmaker

Portrait of Gertrude McKee. Image credit: NCpedia.org