James Turner Morehead (North Carolina)
- James Turner Morehead (North Carolina)
James Turner Morehead, (1799 - 1875) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, January 11, 1799; attended the common schools; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensboro, North Carolina; commissioner of Greensboro in 1832, 1834, and 1835; served as a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1835, 1836, 1838, 1840, and 1842; trustee of the University of North Carolina 1836-1868; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and operated an iron works; died in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., on May 5, 1875; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
He was the brother of North Carolina Gov. John Motley Morehead. [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=96116]
See also
*Thirty-second United States Congress
External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000937 U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory]
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