Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.
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| 27th Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office December 10, 1835 – December 31, 1836 |
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| Preceded by | David Lowry Swain |
| Succeeded by | Edward Bishop Dudley |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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| Preceded by | William S. Blackledge |
| Succeeded by | John Heritage Bryan |
| 17th Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina 
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In office 1830–1832 |
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| Preceded by | Louis D. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Simmons J. Baker |
| Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
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In office 1820–1823 |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Commons | |
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In office 1819 |
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| Born | 1796 New Bern, North Carolina |
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(aged 53–54) New Bern, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. (1796 – November 17, 1850) was the 27th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1835 to 1836.
Born in New Bern, North Carolina, Spaight was the son of North Carolina Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight. The young Spaight was orphaned in 1802, when his father was killed in a duel; he later attended New Bern Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1815.
Spaight studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818; he was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1819 and the North Carolina Senate in 1820, where he served until being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1823.
Defeated for re-election to Congress, Spaight returned to the state legislature. He made repeated unsuccessful attempts to run for Governor, defeated in 1827 (by James Iredell Jr.), 1828 (by John Owen), 1830, 1831 (by Montfort Stokes) and 1832 (by David Swain). Spaight was finally successful in 1835, becoming the last governor elected by the General Assembly under the North Carolina Constitution of 1776. As governor, he opposed state-funded internal improvements.
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