From NC Home site.
Born in 1783 and by 1805 was practicing law and was a large landowner.
In 1810, the governor appointed him attorney general. Served in six consecutive General Assemblies, the last three as Speaker of the House as well.
On November 29, 1814, the North Carolina General Assembly appointed him as the 15th governor of the state. He served three terms before leaving office. (One source I've read says he was the 18th governor. Wikipedia has a complete list of North Carolina governors and he is the 18th. The 15th governor was David Stone.)
The War of 1812 was ending as he took office as governor, but he fully supported it and President Madison's policies. Once the war was over, he was pressed by the general Assembly to buy a full length statue of George Washington. Antonio Canova was hired to make it in 1815 and it arrived at the statehouse in 1821.
That statue was unfortunately destroyed by a fire in 1831.
--Brock-Perry
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