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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaJohn Wilbur ATWATER
(1840-1910)
ATWATER, John Wilbur, a
Representative from North Carolina; born near Rialto (now
Fearington), Chatham County, N.C., December 27, 1840; attended the
common schools and the old William Closs Academy; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; during the Civil War enlisted in the
Confederate Army and served in Company D, First Regiment, North
Carolina Volunteer Infantry, and was with the army of Gen. Robert
E. Lee until the surrender at Appomattox; joined the Farmers’
Alliance in 1887; first president of Chatham County Alliance;
elected to the State senate in 1890 as an Alliance Democrat, and
also in 1892 and 1896 as a Populist; elected as an Independent
Populist to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901);
was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the
Fifty-seventh Congress; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in
Fearington, N.C., on July 4, 1910; interment in Mount Pleasant
Church Cemetery, near Pittsboro, N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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