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William Bradley Umstead (May 13, 1895 – November 7, 1954) was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of North Carolina from 1953 until his death in 1954. A Southern Democrat , he previously represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate from 1946 to 1948 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1933 to 1939.
William B. Umstead State Park is a North Carolina state park in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,599 acres (22.66 km 2 ) [ 3 ] nestled between the expanding cities of Raleigh , Cary , and Durham, North Carolina .
He teaches at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is the William Umstead Distinguished Professor in the History department. [4] Brundage is the author and editor of a number of books. He won the Merle Curti Award from the Organization of American Historians in 1994 for Lynching in the New South: Georgia and Virginia, 1880 ...
The William B. Umstead Bridge is a two-lane automobile bridge spanning the Croatan Sound, between Manns Harbor and Roanoke Island, in Dare County, North Carolina.The bridge carries US 64 and is utilized by local and seasonal tourist traffic.
The planned expansion of a stone quarry next to William B. Umstead State Park may depend on a single word in a 43-year-old mining permit.. The word determines whether the mine’s owner, Wake ...
The bridge complements and runs parallel to the older William B. Umstead Bridge, which carries US 64 between Manns Harbor and Manteo and is located farther north. The bridge is the westernmost in a series of three, along with the Washington Baum Bridge and Melvin R. Daniels Bridge , connecting the North Carolina mainland with the Outer Banks ...
Democratic nominee William B. Umstead defeated Republican nominee Herbert F. "Chub" Seawell Jr. with 67.50% of the vote. Seawell, an attorney, followed in the footsteps of his father, Herbert Sr., who had lost the 1928 North Carolina gubernatorial election .
William Kerr Scott (April 17, 1896 – April 16, 1958) was an American politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party , he was the 62nd governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953, and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.