Francis Burton Craige

Infobox Congressman
name=Francis Burton Craige

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width=200px
state=North Carolina
district=7th
party=Democrat
term=March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861
preceded=William S. Ashe
succeeded=Alexander H. Jones
date of birth=birth date|1811|3|13|mf=y
place of birth=Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1875|12|30|1811|3|13|mf=y
place of death=Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
spouse=
religion=
profession=Politician, Lawyer
footnotes=

Francis Burton Craige (March 13, 1811 – December 30, 1875), was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Salisbury, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of the Western Carolinian 1829-1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Salisbury; one of the last borough representatives in the State house of representatives 1832-1834; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-third Congress); delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and introduced the Ordinance of Secession in the form in which it was adopted; delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States which met in Richmond, Virginia, in July 1861; died in Concord, North Carolina, while attending the courts of that county, December 30, 1875; interment in Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C. He has a dormitory named after him at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

References

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8078650 Francis Burton Craige] at Find A Grave

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title=Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from North Carolina
years=1861
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