James Turner (North Carolina politician)
| James Turner | |
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| 12th Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office December 6, 1802 – December 10, 1805 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Williams |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel Alexander |
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United States Senator from North Carolina |
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In office March 4, 1805 – November 21, 1816 |
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| Preceded by | Jesse Franklin |
| Succeeded by | Montfort Stokes |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
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In office 1799–1800 |
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| Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
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In office 1801–1802 |
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December 20, 1766 Southampton County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | January 15, 1824 (aged 57) Warren County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
James Turner (December 20, 1766 – January 15, 1824) was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1802 to 1805. He later served as a U.S. senator from 1805 to 1816.
Turner was born in Southampton County in the Colony of Virginia; his family moved to the Province of North Carolina in 1770. Raised in a family of farmers, Turner served in the North Carolina volunteer militia during the American Revolutionary War in 1780. He served under Nathanael Greene alongside Nathaniel Macon, with whom he formed a lasting friendship and political alliance.
In 1798, Turner was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons; he served there from 1799 to 1800, and served in the North Carolina Senate from 1801 to 1802.
In 1802, the General Assembly elected John Baptista Ashe governor, but he died before he could assume office; Turner was chosen in his place and sworn in on December 5, 1802. He served the constitutional limit of three one-year terms and, at the end of his time as governor, was elected to the United States Senate when Montfort Stokes resigned before serving the term to which he had been elected.
Turner served as a senator for eleven years, re-elected to a second term in 1811, resigning due to ill health in 1816. During his time in office, he supported the administration of James Madison during the War of 1812.
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