The North Carolina General Assembly of 1835 met in Raleigh from November 16, 1835 to December 22, 1835. The assembly consisted of the 137 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 65 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in August 1835. This was the last assembly elected before the amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina from the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 took effect. Thus, the House of Commons included representatives from towns (also called Districts) and the number of members of the house was greater than 120. William H. Haywood, Jr was elected speaker of the House of Commons and Charles Manley was elected clerk. William D. Mosely was elected President of the Senate and William J. Cowan was elected Clerk. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was elected the Governor by the assembly and served from December 10, 1835 to December 31, 1836. He was the last governor of North Carolina to be elected by the General Assembly.
Councilors of State The General Assembly elected the following individuals to the Council of State on December 4, 1835: Allen Rogers, Wake County (elected President of the Council) Thomas B. Haywood (elected Secretary of the Council) William Shepperd Ashe, New Hanover County Peter H. Dillard, Rockingham County Louis D. Henry, Cumberland CountyLouis D. Henry resigned on July 16, 1836 Henry Skinner, Perquimans County Daniel Turner, Warren County George Williamson, Caswell County William Hill continued to serve as the North Carolina Secretary of State Samuel F. Patterson was elected by the assembly to serve as North Carolina State Treasurer in 1835. John Reeves Jones Daniel was elected to serve as North Carolina Attorney General.
Membership of the assembly House of Commons members
There were 137 delegates in the House of Commons, two from each of the 65 counties and one from each of the seven towns/Districts. They elected William H. Haywood, Jr. from Wake County as their Speaker and Charles Manly from Wake County as their Clerk.
County/TownDelegateAnsonJeremiah BentonAnsonJohn A. McRaeAsheJonathan HortonAsheTaliaferro WitcherBeaufortHenry S. ClarkBeaufortS. SmallwoodBertieJohn F. LeeBertieThomas H. SpellerBladenB. FitzrandolphBladenRobert LyonBrunswickAbram BakerBrunswickWilliam R. HallBuncombeNathaniel HarrisonBuncombeJoseph PickettBurkeEdward J. ErwinBurkeJames H. PerkinsCabarrusGeorge BarnhardtCabarrusLevi HopeCamdenJ.S. BurgessCamdenJames N. McPhersonCarteretJames W. HuntCarteretThomas MarshallCaswellStephen DodsonCaswellLittleton A. GwinnChathamR.C. CottenChathamJohn S. GuthrieChowanWilliam BeyrumChowanThomas S. HoskinsColumbus Thomas FrinkColumbus Marmaduke PowellCravenJohn M. BryanCravenAbner NealeCumberlandDillon JordanCumberlandDavid McNeillCurrituckJoshua HarrisonCurrituckAlfred PerkinsDavidsonCharles BrummellDavidsonGeorge SmithDuplinJames K. HillDuplinOwen Rand KenanEdgecombeS. DeBerryEdgecombeJoseph J. PipkinFranklinThomas HowertonFranklinSimon G. JeffreysGatesLemuel RiddickGatesWhitmell StallingsGranvilleCharles R. EatonGranvilleElijah HesterGreeneJames HarperGreeneThomas HookerGuilfordRalph GorrellGuilfordJesse H. LindsayHalifaxSterling H. GeeHalifaxWilliam M. WestHaywoodJohn L. SmithHaywoodJoseph H. WalkerHertfordR.C. BorlandHertfordKenneth RaynerHydeR.M.G. MooreHydeJohn L. SwindellIredellJames A. KingIredellSolomon LowdermilkJohnstonJames TomlinsonJohnstonKedar WhitleyJonesJohn H. HammondJonesJames W. HowardLenoirWindall DavisLenoirCouncil WootenLincolnHenry CanslerLincolnMichael HokeMaconJames W. GwinnMaconJacob SilerMartinRaleigh RoebuckMartinAlfred M. SladeMecklenburgJ.A. DunnMecklenburgJames M. HutchisonMontgomeryWilliam HarrisMontgomeryPeter R. LilleyMooreJohn O. KellyMooreJohn A.D. McNeillNashSamuel BrownNashFord TaylorNew HanoverCharles HenryNew HanoverJohn R. WalkerNorthamptonWilliam E. CrumpNorthamptonRoderick B. GaryOnslowDaniel S. SandersOnslowDaniel ThompsonOrangeJames ForestOrangeJohn StockardPasquotankThomas BellPasquotankJohn B. MusePerquimansJosiah T. GranberryPerquimansJonathan H. JacocksPersonRobert JonesPersonJames M. WilliamsonPittJ.L. ForemanPittMacon MoyeRandolph William B. LaneRandolph Zebedee RushRichmondJohn R. BuieRichmondGeorge ThomasRobesonOliver K. TutonRobesonAlexander WatsonRockinghamBlake W. BrasswellRockinghamPhilip IrionRowanJohn ClementsRowanJesse W. WhartonRutherfordJohn H. BedfordRutherfordJoseph M.D. CarsonSampsonIsaac W. LaneSampsonDickson SloanStokesCaleb H. MatthewsStokesJohn F. PoindexterSurryThomas L. ClingmanSurryMordecai FlemingTyrrellThomas HassellTyrrellCharles McCleeseWakeWilliam Henry Haywood, Jr.WakeAllen RogersWarren John H. HawkinsWarren Thomas I. JudkinsWashingtonA. DavenportWashingtonUriah H. SwannerWayneCalvin CoorWayneGiles SmithWilkesWilliam HortonWilkesBenjamin F. MartinYanceySamuel ByrdYanceyMay JervisTown of EdentonHugh W. CollinsTown of FayettevilleThomas L. HybartTown of HalifaxRobert C. BondTown of HillsboroughWilliam Alexander GrahamTown of New BernMatthias Evans ManlyTown of SalisburyWilliam ChambersTown of WilmingtonEdward Bishop DudleyEdward Bishop Dudley is referred to as Edward M. Dudley in some references.
Senate members
There were 65 Senators in the Senate, one from each of the 65 counties in North Carolina.
County/TownSenatorAnsonAlexander LittleAsheJohn GambillBeaufortJames O'Kelly WilliamsBertieAlexander W. MebaneBladenGeorge CromartieBrunswickFrederick Jones HillBuncombeHodge RabunBurkePeter BallewCabarrusDavid LongCamdenThomas TillettCarteretJames West BryanCaswellJames KerrChathamHugh McQueenChowanWilliam BullockColumbusCaleb StephensCravenThomas J. PasteurCumberlandDuncan McCormickCurrituckDaniel Lindsay, Jr.DavidsonJohn A. HoganDuplinJohn E. HusseyEdgecombeBenjamin SharpeFranklinHenry G. WilliamsGatesWilliam W. CowperGranvilleJames WycheGreeneWyatt MoyeGuilfordJames T. MoreheadHalifaxAndrew JoynerHaywoodNinian EdmonstonHertfordJohn VannHydeWilliam SelbyIredellJohn M. YoungJohnstonJosiah HoulderJonesJames HarrisonLenoirWilliam Dunn MoseleyLincolnJohn B. HarryMaconBenjamin S. BrittainMartinJesse CooperMecklenburgStephen FoxMontgomeryReuben KendallMooreCornelius DowdNash Samuel L. ArringtonNew HanoverLouis H. MarstellerNorthamptonWilliam MoodyOnslowDavid W. SimmonsOrangeJoseph AllisonPasquotankFrederick WhitehurstPerquimansJesse WilsonPersonIsham EdwardsPittAlfred MoyeRandolphAlfred StaleyRichmondAlexander MartinRobesonMalcolm PattersonRockingham David S. ReidRowanThomas Gilchrist PolkRutherfordAlanson W. MooreSampsonEdward C. GavinStokesMatthew R. MooreSurryHarrison M. WaughTyrrell George H. AlexanderWakeSamuel WhitakerWarrenWeldon Nathaniel EdwardsWashingtonJohn B. BeasleyWayneJohn ExumWilkesJames Wellborn/WelbornYanceyThomas Baker
Acts passed by the assembly The following acts were passed by this General Assembly: Implementation of the new election procedures enacted in the constitution convention, including duties of the sheriffs Suppression of the vice of gambling in the state Disposition of un-surveyed Cherokee lands in Haywood and Macon Counties Various acts dealing with Banks, the poor, hawking and peddling, county registers, and veteran seamen Completion of the construction of the state capital Chartering of railroad companies in the state Regulation of slavery Regulation of the state militia Incorporation of schools
See also List of North Carolina state legislatures
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