| 74th North Carolina General Assembly (1862–1864) | |
| Term: | 1862–1864 |
| Membership1: | 50 Senators |
| Control1: | Confederate Party |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Clerk |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Charles R. Thomas |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Assistant Clerk |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | L. C. Edwards |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Doorkeeper |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | William J. Page |
| Chamber1 Leader5 Type: | Assistant Doorkeeper |
| Chamber1 Leader5: | C. C. Tally |
| Membership2: | 120 Delegates |
| Control2: | Confederate Party |
| Chamber2 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber2 Leader2 Type: | Speaker protem |
| Chamber2 Leader3 Type: | Clerk |
| Chamber2 Leader3: | Henry E. Colton |
| Chamber2 Leader4 Type: | Doorkeeper |
| Chamber2 Leader5 Type: | Assistant Doorkeeper |
| Session1 Start: | November 17, 1862 |
| Session1 End: | December 22, 1862 |
| Session2 Start: | January 19, 1863 |
| Session2 End: | February 12, 1863 |
| Session3 Start: | June 30, 1863 |
| Session3 End: | July 7, 1863 |
| Session4 Start: | November 23, 1863 |
| Session4 End: | December 14, 1863 |
| Session5 Start: | May 17, 1864 |
| Session5 End: | May 30, 1864 |
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1862–1864 met in Raleigh from November 17, 1862, to December 22, 1862. Extra sessions were held on January 19, 1863 – February 12, 1863; June 30, 1863 – July 7, 1863; November 23, 1863 – December 14, 1863; and May 17–30, 1864 . The assembly consisted of the 120 members of the North Carolina House of Commons from 82 counties and 50 senators representing one or more counties in North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in October 1862. Zebulon Baird Vance was Governor of North Carolina during this assembly. This assembly met during the American Civil War as part of the Confederate States of America. Much of the legislation passed by this assembly dealt with the managing the state and its population during wartime.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
There were 82 counties with 120 delegates, 5 counties with three delegates, 28 counties with two delegates, and 49 counties with one delegate. The House of Commons delegates elected a Speaker (Richard Spaight Donnell, Robert B. Gilliam, Marmaduke Swain Robins, William E. Mann[6]), Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Doorkeeper, and Assistant Doorkeeper. The following delegates to the House of Commons were elected by the voters of North Carolina to represent each county and district:[7]
| County | Delegates per County | Delegate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 2 | data-sort-value="McAden, Rufus Yancey" | Rufus Yancey McAden[8] | |
| Alamance | 2 | data-sort-value="Watson, E. F." | E. F. Watson | |
| Alexander | 1 | data-sort-value="Carson, John M." | John M. Carson | |
| Anson | 2 | data-sort-value="Burns, R. H." | R. H. Burns | |
| Anson | 2 | data-sort-value="Richardson, Purdie" | Purdie Richardson | |
| Ashe | 1 | data-sort-value="Gentry, James M." | James M. Gentry | |
| Beaufort | 2 | data-sort-value="Donnell, Richard Spaight" | Richard Spaight Donnell | |
| Beaufort | 2 | data-sort-value="Carter, David Miller" | David Miller Carter[9] | |
| Bertie | 2 | data-sort-value="Henry, Peyton T." | Peyton T. Henry | |
| Bertie | 2 | data-sort-value="Bond, James" | James Bond | |
| Bladen | 1 | data-sort-value="Russ, J.W." | J.W. Russ | |
| Brunswick | 1 | data-sort-value="Russel, Daniel Lindsay, Jr." | Daniel Lindsay Russell, Jr. | |
| Buncombe | 1 | data-sort-value="Burgin, John" | John Burgin | |
| Burke | 1 | data-sort-value="Parks, John" | John Parks | |
| Cabarrus | 1 | data-sort-value="Harris, William S." | William S. Harris | |
| Caldwell | 1 | data-sort-value="Bernhardt, Matthias A." | Matthias A. Bernhardt | |
| Camden | 1 | data-sort-value="Forbes, John" | John Forbes | |
| Carteret | 1 | data-sort-value="z Unknown/Vacant" | Unknown/Vacant | |
| Caswell | 2 | data-sort-value="Harrison, Samuel S." | Samuel S. Harrison | |
| Caswell | 2 | data-sort-value="Long, William" | William Long | |
| Catawba | 1 | data-sort-value="Hooper, George S." | George S. Hooper[10] | |
| Catawba | 1 | data-sort-value="Robards, Horace L." | Horace L. Robards | |
| Catawba | 1 | data-sort-value="Reinhardt, W .P." | W .P. Reinhardt | |
| Chatham | 3 | data-sort-value="Harris, Thomas B." | Thomas B. Harris | |
| Chatham | 3 | data-sort-value="Headen, William J." | William J. Headen | |
| Chatham | 3 | data-sort-value="Waddell, Maurice Q." | Maurice Q. Waddell | |
| Cherokee | 1 | data-sort-value="Bryson, James H." | James H. Bryson[11] | |
| Cherokee | 1 | data-sort-value="Fentress, John W." | John W. Fentress | |
| Chowan | 1 | data-sort-value="Benbury, Lemuel C." | Lemuel C. Benbury | |
| Cleveland | 2 | data-sort-value="Logan, John R." | John R. Logan | |
| Cleveland | 2 | data-sort-value="Beam, David" | David Beam | |
| Columbus | 1 | data-sort-value="Baldwin, William M." | William M. Baldwin[12] | |
| Craven | 2 | data-sort-value="Barrow, J. B. J." | J. B. J. Barrow[13] | |
| Craven | 2 | data-sort-value="Gaskins, Thomas H." | Thomas H. Gaskins | |
| Craven | 2 | data-sort-value="Russell, Richard A." | Richard A. Russell | |
| Cumberland | 3 | data-sort-value="McCormick, John" | John McCormick | |
| Cumberland | 3 | data-sort-value="McKay, Neill" | Neill McKay | |
| Cumberland | 3 | data-sort-value="Shepherd, Jesse G." | Jesse G. Shepherd | |
| Currituck | 1 | data-sort-value="Baxter, Burwell M." | Burwell M. Baxter | |
| Davidson | 2 | data-sort-value="Beall, Robert L." | Robert L. Beall | |
| Davidson | 2 | data-sort-value="Walser, Henry" | Henry Walser | |
| Davie | 1 | data-sort-value="Howard, Henry B." | Henry B. Howard | |
| Duplin | 2 | data-sort-value="Stanford, John D." | John D. Stanford | |
| Duplin | 2 | data-sort-value="Hodges, L. W." | L. W. Hodges | |
| Edgecombe | 2 | data-sort-value="Bynum, Robert" | Robert Bynum | |
| Edgecombe | 2 | data-sort-value="Cobb, David" | David Cobb | |
| Forsyth | 2 | data-sort-value="Kerner, E." | E. Kerner | |
| Forsyth | 2 | data-sort-value="Nissen, John P." | John P. Nissen | |
| Franklin | 1 | data-sort-value="Pearce, A. W." | A. W. Pearce | |
| Gaston | 1 | data-sort-value="Davenport, A. W." | A. W. Davenport | |
| Gates | 1 | data-sort-value="Manning, William H." | William H. Manning | |
| Granville | 3 | data-sort-value="Gilliam, Robert B." | Robert B. Gilliam[14] | |
| Granville | 3 | data-sort-value="Amis, James S." | James S. Amis | |
| Granville | 3 | data-sort-value="Grissom, Eugene" | Eugene Grissom | |
| Greene | 1 | data-sort-value="Best, Henry H." | Henry H. Best | |
| Guilford | 3 | data-sort-value="Glenn, R. W." | R. W. Glenn | |
| Guilford | 3 | data-sort-value="Sherwood, M.S." | M.S. Sherwood | |
| Guilford | 3 | data-sort-value="Smith, William R." | William R. Smith | |
| Halifax | 2 | data-sort-value="Davis, Archibald H." | Archibald H. Davis | |
| Halifax | 2 | data-sort-value="Joyner, Henry" | Henry Joyner | |
| Haywood | 1 | data-sort-value="Love, Samuel L." | Samuel L. Love | |
| Henderson | 1 | data-sort-value="Henry, Alexander" | Alexander Henry | |
| Hertford | 1 | data-sort-value="Vann, John A." | John A. Vann | |
| Hyde | 1 | data-sort-value="Mann, Edward L." | Edward L. Mann | |
| Iredell | 2 | data-sort-value="Allison, Thomas A." | Thomas A. Allison | |
| Iredell | 2 | data-sort-value="Young, John" | John Young | |
| Jackson | 1 | data-sort-value="Keener, Joseph" | Joseph Keener | |
| Johnston | 2 | data-sort-value="Avera, W. H." | W. H. Avera | |
| Johnston | 2 | data-sort-value="Woodall, Seth" | Seth Woodall | |
| Jones | 1 | data-sort-value="Rhodes, Anthony E." | Anthony E. Rhodes | |
| Lenoir | 1 | data-sort-value="Dunn, William W." | William W. Dunn | |
| Lincoln | 1 | data-sort-value="White, Ambrose" | Ambrose White | |
| Macon | 1 | data-sort-value="Lyle, J. M." | J. M. Lyle | |
| Madison | 1 | data-sort-value="Wallen, Jesse" | Jesse Wallen | |
| Martin | 1 | data-sort-value="Robinson, James" | James Robinson | |
| McDowell | 1 | data-sort-value="Craig, William F." | William F. Craig | |
| Mecklenburg | 2 | data-sort-value="Brown, John L." | John L. Brown | |
| Mecklenburg | 2 | data-sort-value="Grier, E. C." | E. C. Grier | |
| Montgomery | 1 | data-sort-value="Barringer, Edmund G.L." | Edmund G.L. Barringer | |
| Moore | 1 | data-sort-value="Kelly, Alexander" | Alexander Kelly | |
| Nash | 1 | data-sort-value="Williams, Henry G." | Henry G. Williams | |
| New Hanover | 2 | data-sort-value="Person, Samuel J." | Samuel J. Person | |
| New Hanover | 2 | data-sort-value="Hawes, John R." | John R. Hawes | |
| Northampton | 2 | data-sort-value="Peebles, Williamn W." | Williamn W. Peebles | |
| Northampton | 2 | data-sort-value="Stancil, Samuel T." | Samuel T. Stancil | |
| Onslow | 1 | data-sort-value="Foy, James H." | James H. Foy | |
| Orange | 2 | data-sort-value="Patterson, William N." | William N. Patterson | |
| Orange | 2 | data-sort-value="Berry, John" | John Berry[15] | |
| Pasquotank | 1 | data-sort-value="Mann, William E." | William E. Mann | |
| Perquimans | 1 | data-sort-value="Riddick, James H." | James H. Riddick | |
| Person | 1 | data-sort-value="Bumpass, M., Bumpass." | M. D. C. Bumpass | |
| Pitt | 2 | data-sort-value="Albritton, Burton J." | Burton J. Albritton | |
| Pitt | 2 | data-sort-value="Perkins, Churchill" | Churchill Perkins | |
| Randolph | 2 | data-sort-value="Worth, Jonathan" | Jonathan Worth[16] | |
| Randolph | 2 | data-sort-value="Foust, Isaac H." | Isaac H. Foust | |
| Randolph | 2 | data-sort-value="Robins, Marmaduke Swain" | Marmaduke Swain Robins[17] | |
| Richmond | 1 | data-sort-value="Ingram, Sanders M." | Sanders M. Ingram | |
| Robeson | 2 | data-sort-value="McNeill, Neill" | Neill McNeill | |
| Robeson | 2 | data-sort-value="McRae, Murdock" | Murdock McRae | |
| Rockingham | 2 | data-sort-value="Gilliam, W. J." | W. J. Gilliam | |
| Rockingham | 2 | data-sort-value="Reynolds, James I." | James I. Reynolds | |
| Rowan | 2 | data-sort-value="Fleming, Nathan Neely" | Nathan Neely Fleming[18] | |
| Rowan | 2 | data-sort-value="Shober, Francis Edwin" | Francis Edwin Shober | |
| Rutherford | 2 | data-sort-value="Bryan, A. R." | A. R. Bryan | |
| Rutherford | 2 | data-sort-value="Carpenter, J. B." | J. B. Carpenter | |
| Sampson | 2 | data-sort-value="Kirby, William" | William Kirby | |
| Sampson | 2 | data-sort-value="Bizzell, D. A." | D. A. Bizzell[19] | |
| Sampson | 2 | data-sort-value="Powell, Thomas H." | Thomas H. Powell | |
| Stanly | 1 | data-sort-value="Green, Lafayette" | Lafayette Green | |
| Stokes | 1 | data-sort-value="Flynt, William H." | William H. Flynt | |
| Surry | 1 | data-sort-value="Hollingsworth, Joseph" | Joseph Hollingsworth | |
| Tyrrell | 1 | data-sort-value="Spruill, Eli" | Eli Spruill | |
| Union | 1 | data-sort-value="Lemmond, Cyrus Q." | Cyrus Q. Lemmond | |
| Wake | 3 | data-sort-value="Alford, J.H." | J.H. Alford | |
| Wake | 3 | data-sort-value="Laws, William" | William Laws | |
| Wake | 3 | data-sort-value="Fowle, Daniel Gould" | Daniel Gould Fowle[20] | |
| Wake | 3 | data-sort-value="Rogers, Calvin J." | Calvin J. Rogers | |
| Warren | 2 | data-sort-value="Henderson, L." | L. Henderson | |
| Warren | 2 | data-sort-value="Judkins, Thomas J." | Thomas J. Judkins | |
| Washington | 1 | data-sort-value="Smith, James H." | James H. Smith[21] | |
| Watauga | 1 | data-sort-value="Horton, William" | William Horton | |
| Wayne | 2 | data-sort-value="Crawford, Marcus K." | Marcus K. Crawford | |
| Wayne | 2 | data-sort-value="Rives, B.B." | B.B. Rives | |
| Wilkes | 2 | data-sort-value="Hampton, W.W." | W.W. Hampton | |
| Wilkes | 2 | data-sort-value="Welborn, E.M." | E.M. Welborn | |
| Yadkin | 1 | data-sort-value="Cowles, Andrew C." | Andrew C. Cowles | |
| Yancey | 1 | data-sort-value="Young, D.M." | D.M. Young |
The Senators elected a President, Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Doorkeeper, and Assistant Doorkeeper. The following Senators were elected by the voters of North Carolina to represent each county:[22]
| District | Counties | Senator | Home County | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pasquotank & Perquimans | data-sort-value="Bagley, William H." | William H. Bagley | Perquimans | |
| 2 | Camden & Currituck | data-sort-value="Lindsay, D. McD." | D. McD. Lindsay | Camden | |
| 3 | Chowan & Gates | data-sort-value="Eure, Mills H." | Mills H. Eure | Gates | |
| 4 | Hyde & Tyrrell | data-sort-value="McCleese, Charles Mc" | Charles McCleese | Tyrrell | |
| 5 | Northampton | data-sort-value="Copeland, W.S." | W.S. Copeland | Northampton | |
| 6 | Hertford | data-sort-value="Slaughter, Joseph B." | Joseph B. Slaughter | Hertford | |
| 7 | Bertie | data-sort-value="Garrett, Thomas M." | Thomas M. Garrett | Bertie | |
| 8 | Martin & Washington | data-sort-value="Galloway, James G." | James G. Galloway | Washington | |
| 9 | Halifax | data-sort-value="Wiggins, M.L." | M.L. Wiggins | Halifax | |
| 10 | Edgecombe | data-sort-value="Powell, Jesse H." | Jesse H. Powell | Edgecombe | |
| 11 | Pitt | data-sort-value="Blount, Elias J." | Elias J. Blount | Pitt | |
| 12 | Beaufort | data-sort-value="Warren, Edward J." | Edward J. Warren | Beaufort | |
| 13 | Craven | data-sort-value="Wadsworth, William B." | William B. Wadsworth | Craven | |
| 14 | Carteret & Jones | data-sort-value="Arendell, M.F." | M.F. Arendell | Carteret | |
| 15 | Greene & Lenoir | data-sort-value="Patrick, Edward Pat" | Edward Patrick | Lenoir | |
| 16 | New Hanover | data-sort-value="Hall, Eli W." | Eli W. Hall | New Hanover | |
| 17 | Duplin | data-sort-value="Dickson, James Dick" | James Dickson | Duplin | |
| 18 | Onslow | data-sort-value="Murrell, A.J." | A.J. Murrell | Onslow | |
| 19 | Bladen, Brunswick, & Columbus | data-sort-value="Ellis, John W." | John W. Ellis | Columbus | |
| 20 | Cumberland | data-sort-value="Wright, W.B." | W.B. Wright | Cumberland | |
| 21 | Sampson | data-sort-value="Faison, Thomas I." | Thomas I. Faison | Sampson | |
| 22 | Wayne | data-sort-value="Lane, William K." | William K. Lane | Wayne | |
| 22 | Wayne | data-sort=value="Aycock, Benjamin" | Benjamin Aycock[23] | Wayne | |
| 23 | Johnston | data-sort-value="Sanders, C.B." | C.B. Sanders | Johnston | |
| 24 | Wake | data-sort-value="Russ, John P.H." | John P.H. Russ | Wake | |
| 25 | Nash | data-sort-value="Taylor, A.G." | A.G. Taylor | Nash | |
| 26 | Franklin | data-sort-value="Harris, Washington" | Washington Harris | Franklin | |
| 27 | Warren | data-sort-value="Drake, E. D." | E. D. Drake[24] | Warren | |
| 27 | Warren | data-sort-value="Pritchard, Thomas J." | Thomas J. Pritchard | Warren | |
| 28 | Granville | data-sort-value="Lassiter, R.W." | R.W. Lassiter | Granville | |
| 29 | Person | data-sort-value="Holeman, James Hole" | James Holeman | Person | |
| 30 | Orange | data-sort-value="Graham, William A." | William A. Graham | Orange | |
| 31 | Alamance & Randolph | data-sort-value="Mebane, Giles Meba" | Giles Mebane | Alamance | |
| 32 | Chatham | data-sort-value="Taylor, William P." | William P. Taylor | Chatham | |
| 33 | Montgomery & Moore | data-sort-value="Wooley, Calvin W." | Calvin W. Wooley | Montgomery | |
| 34 | Richmond, & Robeson | data-sort-value="Leitch, Giles Leit" | Giles Leitch | Robeson | |
| 35 | Anson & Union | data-sort-value="Smith, William C." | William C. Smith | Anson | |
| 36 | Guilford | data-sort-value="Adams, Peter Adam" | Peter Adams | Guilford | |
| 37 | Caswell | data-sort-value="Brown, Bedford Br" | Bedford Brown | Caswell | |
| 38 | Rockingham | data-sort-value="Simpson, Francis L." | Francis L. Simpson | Rockingham | |
| 39 | Mecklenburg | data-sort-value="Young, John A." | John A. Young | Mecklenburg | |
| 40 | Cabarrus & Stanly | data-sort-value="Smith, J.W." | J.W. Smith | Stanly | |
| 41 | Davie & Rowan | data-sort-value="Ramsay, James Graham" | James Graham Ramsay | Rowan | |
| 42 | Davidson | data-sort-value="Adams, H." | H. Adams | Davidson | |
| 43 | Forsyth & Stokes | data-sort-value="Matthews, James E." | James E. Matthews | Stokes | |
| 44 | Ashe, Surry, Watauga, & Yadkin | data-sort-value="Jarratt, Isaac Jarr" | Isaac Jarratt | Ashe | |
| 45 | Alexander, Iredell, Wilkes | data-sort-value="Sharpe, Leander Q." | Leander Q. Sharpe | Iredell | |
| 46 | Burke, Caldwell, & McDowell | data-sort-value="Neal, Samuel J." | Samuel J. Neal | Burke | |
| 47 | Catawba, Gaston, & Lincoln | data-sort-value="White, James Whit" | James White | Lincoln | |
| 48 | Cleveland & Rutherford | data-sort-value="Dickson, M.O." | M.O. Dickson | Rutherford | |
| 49 | Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, & Yancey | data-sort-value="Shipp, William Marcus" | William Marcus Shipp[25] | Buncombe | |
| 50 | Cherokee, Haywood, Jackson, & Macon | data-sort-value="Smith, C.D." | C.D. Smith | Macon |
The Civil War was ongoing during the entire term of this assembly. The assembly passed public laws dealing with the following: the destroyed court house in Hertford County, funding of the state insane asylum (Dorothea Dix Hospital), establishing the eighth judicial district, prohibiting the distillation of spirituous liquors, modifying acts so that justices of the peace absent from counties under occupation of Union troops would not lose their position, acts dealing with the state militia, purchase and hiding of emergency provisions, authorization to the governor for the use of slave labor for building fortifications, provisions to survivors of soldiers dying in service, resolution to declare the separation of the United States and Confederate State final, creating a Roll of Honor maintained by the Governor of Confederate soldiers and patriots from North Carolina, a resolution condemning the confiscation of North Carolina government iron by the Confederate Government, extending the statute of limitations till the war is over, allowing the governor to draft all able bodied men between 18 and 45 years old into the militia, making monopolies, extortions, and speculation illegal during the war, and raising wartime taxes. The senate and house occasionally went into secret sessions, according to the minutes. This General Assembly created the Office of the North Carolina State Auditor, who was initially elected by the legislature every two years. Samuel F. Phillips was elected by this legislature as the first auditor. For details about legislation and minutes of this assembly, see Legislative Documents.[26] [27]