Iredell Meares Explained

Iredell Meares (December 15, 1856 – September 15, 1931) was an American lawyer, public speaker, and politician in North Carolina. His obituary describes him as one of lower Cape Fear's most colorful characters.

Early life

He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina into a prominent family. His family's finances were wrecked by the Civil War and father died in 1871.

A Democrat, he became an independent, then a Republican, and ran for governor as a Progressive.^[1]

He reportedly sent his co-counsel a poem in lieu of a fee.^[2] He served as deputy of customs in Wilmington.^[3] He testified on the proposed establishment of a Department of Education in Washington D.C. He was a lawyer for the Sentinels of the Republic.^[4]

He was a Progressive Party candidate in the 1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election.^[5] Later in his career he worked in Washington D.C.

He owned two Albert Rosenthal etchings, one of James Iredell.^[6]

He was married to Josephine Meares. They had a daughter. He died September 15, 1931 in Wilmington, North Carolina.^[7]

Writings

• "An Address on the Administration of the Law; Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the New Courthouse for New Hanover County, at Wilmington, N.C., April 21st, 1892"^[8]
• "Mix Brains and Ballots; Day for Intellectual Voting" (1908)^[9]
• "Bank Deposit Guaranty; An Opposition View" (1908)^[10]
• "Mr. Taft's Judicial Decisions as They Relate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Labor Strikes" (1908)^[11]
• "Is the South to be Humiliated?; An Appeal to Southern Manhood" (1908)^[12]
• "Presidents who Have Visited Wilmington, N.C.; Washington, Monroe, Polk, Fillmore, Taft : Souvenir, November 9, 1909"^[13]
• "God Not in the Covenant; The League of Nations Doomed on the Day the Conference Met" (1920)^[14]
• The Trading with the Enemy Act; As Enacted and Amended, with Annotations : Addendum and Appendix Comprising Data Relating to the Act Star Publishing 1924^{[15] [16] [17]}

See also

• Wilmington massacre of 1898

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers. November 8, 1919. Lewis Publishing Company. Google Books.
2. Web site: North Carolina Law Journal. November 8, 1900. Dennis & Company. Google Books.
3. Web site: House documents. November 8, 1888. Google Books.
4. Web site: Hearings. United States Congress House Committee on. Education. November 8, 1928. Google Books.
5. Web site: A Manual of North Carolina. Robert Digges Wimberly. Connor. November 8, 1915. North Carolina Historical Commission. Google Books.
6. Web site: A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and Periodicals. American Library. Association. November 8, 1906. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
7. News: 1931-09-16 . Iredell Meares Taken By Death . 19 . The Charlotte Observer . Wilmington, North Carolina . 1931-09-15 . 2024-07-10 . Newspapers.com.
8. Book: Meares, Iredell . An Address on the Administration of the Law: Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the New Courthouse for New Hanover County, at Wilmington, N.C., April 21st, 1892 . 1892 . en.
9. Book: Meares, Iredell . Mix Brains and Ballots: Day for Intellectual Voting . 1908 . en.
10. Book: Bank Deposit Guaranty: An Opposition View . 1908 . Meares . Iredell .
11. Book: Meares, Iredell . Mr. Taft's Judicial Decisions as They Relate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Labor Strikes . 1908 . Observer Print. . en.
12. Book: Meares, Iredell . Is the South to be Humiliated?: An Appeal to Southern Manhood ... . 1908 . en.
13. Book: Meares, Iredell . Presidents who Have Visited Wilmington, N.C.: Washington, Monroe, Polk, Fillmore, Taft : Souvenir, November 9, 1909 . 1909 . en.
14. Book: Meares, Iredell . God Not in the Covenant: The League of Nations Doomed on the Day the Conference Met . 1920 . en.
15. Book: Meares . Iredell . The Trading with the Enemy Act: As Enacted and Amended, with Annotations : Addendum and Appendix Comprising Data Relating to the Act . States . United . 1924 . Star Publishing Company . en.
16. Schuyler . Robert Livingston . 1925 . Review of The Trading with the Enemy Act . Columbia Law Review . 25 . 6 . 855 . 10.2307/1113899 . 1113899 . 0010-1958.
17. Borchard . Edwin M. . 1925 . Review of The Trading with the Enemy Act, as enacted and amended . American Bar Association Journal . 11 . 6 . 368 . 25709285 . 0002-7596.