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unusual facts about Governor of North Carolina



David M. Furches

He lost two races for the United States House of Representatives, one in 1872 and the other in 1880, and was his party's nominee for Governor of North Carolina in 1892, losing to Elias Carr.

David R. Lewis

Working closely with Sen. Bill Rabon and the Governor's Office, Rep. Lewis brought comprehensive tax reform to North Carolina for the first time in nearly eighty years.

Everard baronets

The fourth Baronet served as Governor of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731.

Meg Scott Phipps

She is the daughter of former North Carolina governor Bob Scott and former First Lady Jessie Rae Scott, as well as the granddaughter of former U.S. Senator and North Carolina Governor W. Kerr Scott.

Sanford School of Public Policy

The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University is named after former Duke president and Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford, who established the university's Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs in 1971 as an interdisciplinary program geared toward training future leaders.

Vance County, North Carolina

The county is named after Zebulon Baird Vance, a Governor of North Carolina (1862–1865, 1877–1879) and United States senator (1879–1894).


see also

Arthur Dobbs

While governor of North Carolina, Dobbs sought unsuccessfully to establish a permanent capital, to be called George City, near Tower Hill and the Neuse River.

Bev Perdue

Perdue was elected to the office of Governor of North Carolina in 2008 against then-Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory by a 50-46 margin.

Fort Gibson

Montfort Stokes, former governor of North Carolina, convened a commission at Fort Gibson to address these problems, and troops at the fort supported its work.

Governor Hunt

Jim Hunt (born 1937), 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina

Patrick Taylor

Hoyt Patrick Taylor (1890–1964), lieutenant governor of North Carolina

Richard Everard

Sir Richard Everard, 4th Baronet (c.1683–1733), Proprietary Governor of North Carolina

Thomas Holt

Thomas Michael Holt (1831–1896), Governor of North Carolina, 1891–1893