1. Montfort Stokes was an American Democratic politician who served as US Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832.
11 Facts About Montfort Stokes
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Montfort Stokes later held the rank of major general in the state militia from 1804 to 1816.
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Montfort Stokes served as assistant clerk in the North Carolina Senate from 1786 to 1790, was a US House candidate in 1793, and as clerk from 1799 to 1816, until he was elected to the United States Senate following the resignation of James Turner.
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Montfort Stokes served the remaining few months of Turner's term and then a full term in the Senate, but was defeated for re-election by the legislature in 1823.
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Montfort Stokes had previously been elected to the Senate in 1804, but had declined the seat.
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Montfort Stokes was then elected to the North Carolina General Assembly; he represented Wilkes County in the North Carolina Senate from 1826 to 1827 and the North Carolina House of Commons from 1829 to 1830.
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In 1830, Montfort Stokes was elected Governor by the General Assembly on the ninth ballot, defeating Cadwallader Jones and Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
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Montfort Stokes faced Spaight for re-election again the following year and was elected by a narrow margin.
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Montfort Stokes died in November 1842 and is buried near Fort Gibson.
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Montfort Stokes is believed to be the only soldier of the American Revolutionary War buried in Oklahoma.
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Montfort Stokes first married Mary Irwin and they had one daughter.