Cabarrus County, NC - Members of Congress Members of Congress Biographies BARRINGER, Daniel Laurens (uncle of Daniel Moreau Barringer), a Representative from North Carolina; born at "Poplar Grove," Cabarrus County, N.C, October 1, 1788; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C.; member of the State house of commons in 1813, 1814, and 1819-1822; elected as a Democrat to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willie P. Mangum; reelected to the Twentieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 4, 1826, to March 3, 1835; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty- fourth Congress; moved to Bedford County, Tenn., about 1830 and settled in Shelbyville, where he continued the practice of law; member and speaker of the State house of representatives 1843-1845; presidential elector on the Whig ticket of Clay and Frelinghuysen in 1844; died in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., October 16, 1852; interment in Willow Mount Cemetery. BARRINGER, Daniel Moreau (nephew of Daniel Laurens Barringer), a Representative from North Carolina; born at "Poplar Grove," near Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., July 30, 1806; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1826; studied law in Hillsboro; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Concord, N.C., in 1829; member of the State house of commons 1829-1834, 1840, and 1842; member of the State constitutional convention in 1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1849); declined a renomination; appointed by President Taylor and reappointed by President Fillmore Minister to Spain and served from June 18, 1849, until September 4, 1853; again elected to the State house of commons in 1854; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in August 1866; chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1872; died at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, Va., September 1, 1873; interment in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. HOUSTON, William Churchill, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in the Poplar Tent neighborhood of Cabarrus County, N.C., in 1745 or 1746; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1768; professor in the same college from 1769 to 1783, when he resigned; served as captain in the Second Regiment, Somerset Militia, during the Revolutionary War; deputy secretary of the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776; member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress in 1776; member of the New Jersey House of Assembly 1777-1779; member of the council of safety in 1778; Member of the Continental Congress 1779-1781; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1781 and commenced practice in Trenton, N.J., in 1783; elected as the first Comptroller of the Treasury in 1781, but declined to serve; receiver of Continental taxes 1782-1785; clerk of the supreme court of New Jersey 1781-1788; again a Member of the Continental Congress in 1784 and 1785; member of the Annapolis Convention in 1786; delegate to the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787; died in Frankford, Pa., August 12, 1788; interment in the Second Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. PICKENS, Israel, a Representative from North Carolina and a Senator from Alabama; born near Concord, Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, N.C., January 30, 1780; moved to Burke County, N.C.; received instruction from private teachers and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State senate in 1809; elected as a Democrat from North Carolina to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1817); register of the land office of Mississippi Territory (which included [p.1680] the present State of Alabama) 1817-1821; Governor of Alabama 1821-1825; appointed to the United States Senate from Alabama to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Chambers and served from February 17, 1826, to November 27, 1826, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; declined an appointment as judge of the United States Court for the District of Alabama in 1826; died near Matanzas, Cuba, on April 24, 1827; interment in the family cemetery near Greensboro, Hale County, Ala. Swaringen, Oliver Alexander (b. 1895) -- also known as O. A. Swaringen -- of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., October 10, 1895. Democrat. Merchant; member of North Carolina state senate 20th District, 1935. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. Barnhardt, Luther Ernest (b. 1903) -- also known as Luther E. Barnhardt -- of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., November 29, 1903. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1945-56; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1957-61. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Kappa Alpha. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. Cook, James P. (b. 1863) of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County, N.C., January 12, 1863. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state senate 24th District, 1913. Lutheran. Burial location unknown. Williams, Hiette Sinclair (b. 1872) -- also known as H. S. Williams -- of Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in East Bend, Yadkin County, N.C., March 3, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1899, 1909, 1913 (Yadkin County 1899, Cabarrus County 1909, 1913). Quaker. Burial location unknown. Alexander, Hugh Quincy, a Representative from North Carolina; born on a farm near Glendon, Moore County, N.C., August 7, 1911; attended the public schools; graduated from Duke University, Durham, N.C., in 1932, and from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1937; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1937 and began practice in Kannapolis, N.C.; during the Second World War served in the United States Navy 1942-1946 and had thirty-four months overseas duty; member of North Carolina house of representatives in 1947 and 1949; solicitor, Cabarrus County Recorders Court, 1950-1952; State commander, American Legion, 1951; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress; chief counsel of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee 1963-1976; resumed the practice of law; was a resident of Kannapolis, N.C., until his death there on September 17, 1989. Rutledge, J. Carlyle (b. 1909) of Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, N.C. Son of Joseph Graham Rutledge and Frances Virginia (Moore) Rutledge; married to Judith Rea Kukendal. Born in Stanley, Gaston County, N.C., December 28, 1909. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate business; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of North Carolina state senate 21st District, 1957-59. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Note: from L H Moore Nov 2006 --- J. Carlyle Rutledge, former state senator from Kannapolis NC and presumed dead. Mr. Rutledge is alive and well and active in the community at 96 years of age as of Nov. 12, 2006. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Cabarrus County GenWeb ______________________________________________________________________