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Lauchlin Bethune

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Lauchlin Bethune

Birth
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
Death
10 Oct 1874 (aged 89)
Montrose, Hoke County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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U.S. Representative (D-NC) (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833)

Son of Collin Bethune & May Patterson. Husband of Annie Patterson (ma. 1824).Born near Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1785, Bethune attended private schools and the Lumberton Male Academy. Elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1817, 1818, 1822 to 1825, and 1827, Bethune rose to the U.S. House in 1830 as a Jacksonian Democrat. Defeated for re-election in 1832, Bethune only served one term in Congress (March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833). After losing two additional attempts to return to Cognress in 1834 and 1836, Bethune returned to his plantation near Fayetteville and resumed the practice of agriculture until his death in 1874.
U.S. Representative (D-NC) (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833)

Son of Collin Bethune & May Patterson. Husband of Annie Patterson (ma. 1824).Born near Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1785, Bethune attended private schools and the Lumberton Male Academy. Elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1817, 1818, 1822 to 1825, and 1827, Bethune rose to the U.S. House in 1830 as a Jacksonian Democrat. Defeated for re-election in 1832, Bethune only served one term in Congress (March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833). After losing two additional attempts to return to Cognress in 1834 and 1836, Bethune returned to his plantation near Fayetteville and resumed the practice of agriculture until his death in 1874.


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