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Samuel Ashe (March 24, 1725 – February 3, 1813) was the ninth governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He was also one of the first three judges of the North Carolina Superior Court in 1787.
See also: Samuel Ashe, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Samuel Ashe (1725-1813), prominent leader for the Patriot cause, was born near Bath to parents of considerable wealth, social status, and political influence.
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1776-1835. Federalist. Governors. Jeffersonians. Political History. The Judge presiding over the landmark case Bayard v. Singleton (1785), Ashe served three one-year terms as Governor and was an ardent Federalist at the beginning of his term. He soon supported state’s rights and Jeffersonian ideals.
1725–3 Feb. 1813. Samuel Ashe, judge and governor, was born near Bath, where his father, John Baptista Ashe, was speaker in the assembly, representing the Beaufort Precinct. His father and his mother, Elizabeth Swann, moved to the Cape Fear region, where Samuel's brother John, later general, Stamp Act patriot, soldier, and colonial legislator ...
Samuel Ashe died on February 3, 1813 and was buried in the Ashe Cemetery in Rocky Point, NC. Samuel Ashe was born near Beaufort, NC on March 24, 1725. After the death of his parents, he was sent north, where his early education was attained. He went on to study law, and then established a successful legal career, serving as the assistant ...
North Carolina Gov. Samuel Ashe. Terms November 19, 1795 - December 7, 1798 ; Party Republican ; Born March 24, 1725 ; Passed February 3, 1813 ; Birth State North Carolina ; School Queens College, Princeton University
Samuel Ashe (1725 – February 3, 1813), judge and governor, was born near Bath, where his father, John Baptista Ashe, was speaker in the assembly representing the Beaufort Precinct.
