Nathaniel Alexander

Democratic Republican Representative of North Carolina's 10th district

  • Representative

    North Carolina, district 10

    November 17, 1803 - March 3, 1805

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

March 5, 1756 (52 years old)

Birthday

March 7, 1808

Death

  • Served as the 13th Governor of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807
  • Born in 1756 in what was then Anson County in the Province of North Carolina
  • Son of a local sheriff
  • Earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1776
  • Commissioned as a surgeon in the North Carolina Line in 1779, serving through the American Revolutionary War until 1782
  • Practiced medicine near Santee, South Carolina, after the war
  • Elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1797 and the North Carolina Senate in 1801
  • Served in the United States House of Representatives from 1803 to 1805
  • Declined to run for a third term as governor
  • Enjoyed support from both Democratic-Republicans and Federalists
  • Oversaw the resolution of a boundary dispute with Georgia, expansion of state’s district courts, and growth of the state’s educational system during his governorship
  • Was president of The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees while serving as governor
  • Died in Salisbury, North Carolina, in 1808 and is buried in Old Settlers’ Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Married a daughter of Colonel Thomas Polk but had no children