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{{short description|Governor of North Carolina, USA (1766-1824)}}
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|term_end =December 10, 1805
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|successor =[[Nathaniel Alexander (governor)|Nathaniel Alexander]]
|order2 =[[United States Senator]]<br/>from [[North Carolina]]
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|successor2 =[[Montfort Stokes]]
|office3 =Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]
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|office4 =Member of the [[North Carolina Senate]]
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1766|12|20}}
|birth_place =[[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]],
|death_date ={{death date and age|1824|1|15|1766|12|20}}
|death_place =[[Warren County, North Carolina
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|party =[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
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'''James Turner''' (December 20, 1766 – January 15, 1824) was the
Turner was born in [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]] in the [[Colony of Virginia]]; his family moved to the [[Province 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.
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=== U.S. Senate ===
Turner served as a senator for eleven years, re-elected to a second term in 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 ==
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==Sources==
* ''Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States,
*[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,
* Delbert H. Gilpatrick, Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina,
* William S. Powell, ed., Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, VI, 65—sketch by Roy Parker Jr.
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[[Category:Governors of North Carolina]]
[[Category:United States
[[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
[[Category:Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States]]
[[Category:18th-century American politicians]]
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