DemocratGovernor · North Carolina
William B. Umstead
1953 first electedLeft office 19541 years served
Biography
William Bradley Umstead was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of North Carolina from 1953 until his death in 1954. A Southern Democrat, he previously represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate from 1946 to 1948 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939. He was a veteran of World War I.