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John Motley Morehead
Whig
Governor Β· North Carolina
John Motley Morehead
1841
first elected
Left office
1845
4
years served
Biography
John Motley Morehead was an American lawyer and politician who became the 29th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. He became known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."
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