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Hugh Waddell (1799–1878) practiced law in Hillsborough and Orange County from 1823 until 1867 and represented Orange in the House of Commons in 1828-29 and 1835 and in the state senate in five sessions from 1836 to 1848. In 1842 he opened a school in Hillsborough to prepare young men for the bar.
Source: NCpedia: Waddell, Hugh (1799-1878)
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Hugh Waddell announces his candidacy for the House of Commons in the seat left vacant by James Forrest, signing at Orange County on the first of November 1835. An address printed for the freemen of the county, and one of the few surviving traces of that contest.
Testimony gathered in an 1849 contested election case from Orange County, summarizing the evidence about the individual voters whose eligibility the committee could not agree on. John Berry and Hugh Waddell were the candidates in the case before the North Carolina Senate committee on privileges and elections. Eight pages, useful to anyone studying who could vote in the county and on what terms.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Waddell, Hugh, 1799-1878.
Personal and political papers of Willie Person Mangum, the Whig senator from Orange County, together with papers of Arthur Mangum and Charity Alston Cain Mangum. Correspondents include Daniel Webster, William A. Graham, David L. Swain, John Chavis and Abraham Lincoln, and other topics include plantations at Hillsborough, the estate called Walnut Hill, state politics, agriculture and education.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Library of Congress record: Waddell, Hugh, 1799-1878 -- Correspondence.
Senate committee reports from 1849 on the contested election for Orange County's seat in the 37th Senatorial District of North Carolina, fought between Hugh Waddell (1799-1878) and John Berry (1798-1870). The committee split, and the pamphlet prints both parts' reports, the Senate resolutions and the committee's proceedings. Printed in Raleigh by S. Gales, 32 pages.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Waddell, Hugh, 1799-1878.
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