- Francis Burton Craige
Infobox Congressman
name=Francis Burton Craige
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 fromNorth Carolina ; born nearSalisbury, North Carolina , March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of theWestern 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 theOrdinance of Secession in the form in which it was adopted; delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States which met inRichmond, Virginia , in July 1861; died inConcord, 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 theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .References
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8078650 Francis Burton Craige] at
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state=North Carolina
district=7
before=William S. Ashe
after=Alexander H. Jones (1)
years=March 4 ,1853 –March 3 ,1861 succession box
before="(none)"
title=Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from North Carolina
years=1861
after="(none)"
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