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- Montfort_Stokes abstract "Montfort Stokes (March 12, 1762 – November 4, 1842) was an American Democratic (originally Democratic-Republican) politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832.Born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, Stokes was the youngest of the eleven children of David Stokes, a military officer and judge. At the age of 13, he enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine. During the American Revolutionary War, Stokes was captured by the British and confined for seven months on the British prison ship Jersey in New York Harbor. He later held the rank of major general in the state militia from 1804 to 1816.After the Revolutionary War, Stokes settled in Salisbury, North Carolina, farmed, served as clerk of court, and studied law. There, he first met Andrew Jackson, a fellow lawyer. He served as assistant clerk in the North Carolina Senate from 1786 to 1780, and as clerk from 1799 to 1816, until he was elected to the United States Senate following the resignation of James Turner. He served the remaining few months of Turner's term and then a full term in the Senate, but was defeated for re-election by the legislature in 1823. He had previously been elected to the Senate in 1804, but had declined the seat. During his Senate term Stokes changed his residency from Salisbury to Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.Stokes was then elected to the North Carolina General Assembly; he represented Wilkes County in the North Carolina Senate from 1826 to 1827 and the North Carolina House of Commons from 1829 to 1830.In 1830, Stokes was elected Governor by the General Assembly on the ninth ballot, defeating Cadwallader Jones and Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.. Stokes faced Spaight for re-election again the following year and was elected by a narrow margin (98-93). During his term in office, Stokes supported construction of canals along the North Carolina Coast; he simultaneously served as president of the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees.A strong supporter of President Andrew Jackson, Governor Stokes urged the state legislature to support Jackson's anti-nullification position; Stokes was named by Jackson to head the Federal Indian Commission, overseeing relocation and resettlement of Indian tribes from the American southeast, and resigned as governor on November 19, 1832.With his new position, Stokes moved to Fort Gibson in the Arkansas Territory (now part of the state of Oklahoma) and advocated for the Cherokee, Seneca, Shawnee, and Quapaw tribes. He died in November 1842 and is buried near Fort Gibson. Stokes is believed to be the only soldier of the American Revolutionary War buried in Oklahoma.In 1943, a United States Liberty ship named the SS Montfort Stokes was launched. She was scrapped in 1962.".
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- Montfort_Stokes activeYearsEndDate "1832-12-06".
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- Montfort_Stokes activeYearsStartDate "1830-12-18".
- Montfort_Stokes birthDate "1762-03-12".
- Montfort_Stokes birthPlace Lunenburg_County,_Virginia.
- Montfort_Stokes deathDate "1842-11-04".
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- Montfort_Stokes orderInOffice "25thGovernor of North Carolina".
- Montfort_Stokes party Democratic-Republican_Party.
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- Montfort_Stokes successor David_Lowry_Swain.
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- Montfort_Stokes wikiPageWikiLinkText "Montfort Stokes".
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- Montfort_Stokes after John_Branch.
- Montfort_Stokes alongside Nathaniel_Macon.
- Montfort_Stokes before James_Turner.
- Montfort_Stokes before John_Owen_(North_Carolina_politician).
- Montfort_Stokes birthDate "1762-03-12".
- Montfort_Stokes birthPlace Lunenburg_County,_Virginia.
- Montfort_Stokes class "3".
- Montfort_Stokes deathDate "1842-11-04".
- Montfort_Stokes deathPlace Fort_Gibson.
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- Montfort_Stokes sr "Junior Senator".
- Montfort_Stokes name "Montfort Stokes".
- Montfort_Stokes order "25".
- Montfort_Stokes party Democratic-Republican_Party.
- Montfort_Stokes party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Montfort_Stokes preceded James_Turner.
- Montfort_Stokes predecessor John_Owen_(North_Carolina_politician).
- Montfort_Stokes signature "Montfort Stokes sig.jpg".
- Montfort_Stokes state North_Carolina.
- Montfort_Stokes state "North Carolina".
- Montfort_Stokes succeeded John_Branch.
- Montfort_Stokes successor David_Lowry_Swain.
- Montfort_Stokes termEnd "1823-03-04".
- Montfort_Stokes termEnd "1832-12-06".