Tod Robinson Caldwell
| Tod Robinson Caldwell | |
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| 41st Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office March 22, 1871 – July 11, 1874 |
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| Preceded by | William Woods Holden |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Hooks Brogden |
| 1st Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina | |
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In office 1868–1871 |
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| Preceded by | None (office established) |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Hooks Brogden |
| Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
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In office 1842–1850 |
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| Member of the North Carolina House of Commons | |
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In office 1850 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1818 Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina |
| Died | 11 July 1874 (aged 56) Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Minerva Ruffin Cain |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer, railroad president |
Tod Robinson Caldwell (February 19, 1818 – July 11, 1874) was a lawyer and the 41st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1871 until his death in Hillsborough in North Carolina in 1874. He was a son of John Caldwell (1779–1857) and Hannah Pickett Robinson (1794–1875).
He was born in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina where he had a home for most of his life. Caldwell attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating on June 4, 1840. He was a member of Dialectic Senate. He was examined by the Supreme Court and admitted to Superior Court Practice (much like passing a bar examination) in June 1841, becoming solicitor for Burke County. In 1842 he was elected a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in which he served two sessions. In 1850 he represented Burke County in the state senate. After the close of the Civil War he was a member of the Reconstruction Convention, and President of Western North Carolina Railroad.
Caldwell was elected the first Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1868, the same year the state constitution had created the office. He became governor in 1871 upon the impeachment and conviction of Governor William Woods Holden. Caldwell was elected governor in his own right in 1872, by about two thousand majority, becoming the second Republican elected governor of North Carolina. His areas of interest were the state debt and the state finances and the opening of the public schools which had been closed in 1863 due to lack of money. He appointed Alexander McIver as Superintendent of Public Instruction and got a bill passed allowing private aid for public schools in order to gain funds to reopen the schools.
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