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Line 1: {{short description\|Governor of North Carolina, USA (1766-1824)}} ~~{{about\|the US politician\|other people of the same name\|James Turner (disambiguation)}}~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox Governor \|name =James Turner \|image = James Turner Gouverneur von North Carolina.jpg \|order =12th \|office =Governor of North Carolina Line 8 ⟶ 9: \|term_end =December 10, 1805 \|lieutenant = \|predecessor =[[~~Benjamin~~John ~~Williams~~Baptista Ashe (Continental Congress)\|John Ashe]] (Elect) \|successor =[[Nathaniel Alexander (governor)\|Nathaniel Alexander]] \|order2 =[[United States Senator]]<br/>from [[North Carolina]] \|term_start2 =March 4, 1805 \|term_end2 =November 21, 1816 \|predecessor2 = [[Jesse Franklin]] \|successor2 = [[Montfort Stokes]] \|office3 =Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] \|term3 =1799–1800 \|office4 =Member of the [[North Carolina Senate]] \|term4 =1801–1802 \|birth_date = {{birth date\|1766\|12\|20}} \|birth_place =[[Southampton County, Virginia\|Southampton County]], Colony of Virginia, British America \|death_date ={{death date and age\|1824\|1\|15\|1766\|12\|20}} \|death_place =[[Warren County, North Carolina]], U.S. \|nationality = \|party =[[Democratic-Republican Party\|Democratic-Republican]] Line 34 ⟶ 39: }} '''James Turner''' (December 20, 1766 – January 15, 1824) was the ~~[[List of Governors of North Carolina\|~~12th]] [[Governor of North Carolina\|Governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]] from 1802 to 1805. He later served as a [[United States Senate\|U.S. ~~senator~~Senator]] from 1805 to 1816. Turner was born in [[Southampton County, Virginia\|Southampton County]] in the [[Colony of Virginia]]; his family moved to the [[~~Warren~~Province ~~County,~~of North Carolina]] in 1770. Raised in a family of farmers, Turner served in the North Carolina volunteer militia during the [[American Revolutionary War]] in 1780. He served under [[Nathanael Greene]] alongside [[Nathaniel Macon]], with whom he formed a lasting friendship and political alliance. == Politics == In 1798, Turner was elected to the [[North Carolina House of Commons]]; he served there from 1799 to 1800, and served in the [[North Carolina Senate]] from 1801 to 1802. In 1802, the General Assembly elected [[John Baptista Ashe (delegate)\|John Baptista Ashe]] governor, but he died before he could assume office; Turner was chosen in his place and sworn in on 5 December 1802. He served the constitutional limit of three one-year terms and, at the end of this time as governor, was elected to the [[United States Senate]] when [[Montfort Stokes]] resigned before serving the term to which he had been elected.▼ In 1798, Turner was elected to the [[North Carolina House of Commons]]; he served there from 1799 to 1800, and served in the [[North Carolina Senate]] from 1801 to 1802. === Governor === Turner served as a senator for eleven years, re-elected to a second term in 1810, resigning due to ill health in 1816. During his time in office, he supported the administration of [[James Madison]] during the [[War of 1812]].▼ [[File:Governor James Turner.jpg\|thumb\|[[Silhouette]] of Turner]] ▲~~In 1798, Turner was elected to the [[North Carolina House of Commons]]; he served there from 1799 to 1800, and served in the [[North Carolina Senate]] from 1801 to 1802.~~ In 1802, the General Assembly elected [[John Baptista Ashe (delegate)\|John Baptista Ashe]] governor, but he died before he could assume office; Turner was chosen in his place and sworn in on 5 December 5, 1802. He served the constitutional limit of three one-year terms and, at the end of ~~this~~his time as governor, was elected to the [[United States Senate]] when [[Montfort Stokes]] resigned before serving the term to which he had been elected. === U.S. Senate === ▲Turner served as a senator for eleven years, re-elected to a second term in ~~1810~~1811, resigning due to ill health in 1816. During his time in office, he supported the administration of [[James Madison]] during the [[War of 1812]]. Around 1805, he introduced to the Senate a [[Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves\|bill outlawing the importation of slaves]]. == Personal life, death, legacy == Turner was married three times; first to Marian Anderson in 1793 (they had four children), then to Ann Cochran in 1802, with no children, and finally to Elizabeth Johnston in 1810 (resulting in two children). Turner died in 1824 and is buried on his "Bloomsbury" plantation in [[Warren County, North Carolina\|Warren County]]. In addition to Bloomsbury, he owned a second home, "Oakland," in present-day [[Vance County, North Carolina\|Vance County]]. Line 47 ⟶ 59: ==Sources== * ''Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, ~~1789-1978~~1789–1978'', [[Robert Sobel]] and John Raimo, eds. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. ({{ISBN \|0-930466-00-4}}) [http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=G-46 North Carolina Historical Marker] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714161959/http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&sv=G-46 \|date=July 14, 2011 }} James Moody Turner Charles L. Coon, The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina: A Documentary History, 1790–1840 (1908) * Delbert H. Gilpatrick, Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789–1816 (1931) * William S. Powell, ed., Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, VI, 65—sketch by Roy Parker Jr. {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box\|title=[[Governor of North Carolina]]\|before=[[~~Benjamin~~John ~~Williams~~Baptista Ashe (Continental Congress)\|John Ashe]]<br>Elect\|after=[[Nathaniel Alexander (governor)\|Nathaniel Alexander]]\|years=~~1802–1805~~1802–1805}} {{s-par\|us-sen}} {{U.S. Senator box Line 60 ⟶ 75: \|after=[[Montfort Stokes]] \|alongside=[[David Stone (politician)\|David Stone]], [[Jesse Franklin]], [[David Stone (politician)\|David Stone]], [[Francis Locke, Jr.]], [[Nathaniel Macon]] \|years=~~1805–1816~~1805–1816}} {{s-end}} {{Governors of North Carolina}} Line 69 ⟶ 84: {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, James}} [[Category:Governors of North Carolina]] [[Category:United States ~~Senators~~senators from North Carolina]] [[Category:Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives]] [[Category:1766 births]] [[Category:1824 deaths]] [[Category:North Carolina Democratic-Republicans]] [[Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States ~~Senators~~senators]] [[Category:Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States]] [[Category:18th-century American politicians]] [[Category:19th-century American politicians]] [[Category:People from Southampton County, Virginia]] [[Category:People from Warren County, North Carolina]]