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{{Short description|American politician}}
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|term_start = April 19, 1894
|term_end = January 23, 1895
|appointer = [[Elias Carr]]
|predecessor = [[Zebulon Baird Vance]]
|successor = [[Jeter C. Pritchard]]
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|term_start5 = November 16, 1868
|term_end5 = November 18, 1872
|predecessor5 = N. W. Walker<br
|successor5 = B. Jones
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|birth_place = [[Jarvisburg, North Carolina]], US
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|death_place = [[Greenville, North Carolina]], US
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'''Thomas Jordan Jarvis''' (January 18, 1836{{spaced ndash}}June 17, 1915) was the [[List of Governors of North Carolina|44th
== Biography ==
=== Early years ===
Born in [[Jarvisburg, North Carolina]], in [[Currituck County, North Carolina|Currituck County]], he was the son of Elizabeth Daley and Bannister Hardy Jarvis, a Methodist minister and farmer<ref name="docsouth">{{Cite web |url=http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/jarvislet/bio.html |title=Thomas Jordan Jarvis,
=== Career ===
[[File:Thomas Jordan Jarvis.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Jarvis]]
Jarvis enlisted in the military at the beginning of the [[American Civil War]] and served in the [[Eighth North Carolina Regiment]]. On April 22, 1863, he was named Captain.<ref name="docsouth"/> Captured and exchanged in 1862, Jarvis
In 1865, Jarvis returned home and opened a general store before being named a delegate to the 1865 state constitutional convention. In 1867 Jarvis bought
Active in the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]], Jarvis was elected to the [[North Carolina House of Representatives|State House]] in 1868 and served there for four years, two of them (1870–1872) as [[Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]
An opponent of federal [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] policy, Jarvis was elected the third [[Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina|lieutenant governor]] in 1876 on a ticket with [[Zebulon Vance]]. In 1879, Vance resigned the governorship to serve in the [[United States Senate]], and Jarvis filled the vacant position. As governor, he fought against government corruption and attempted to cut taxes, the state's debt, and government control. He also completed the sale of various state railways to private companies. He established mental health services in Morganton and Goldsboro, managed the establishment of normal schools for teachers in North Carolina and helped develop the State Board of Health.<ref name="docsouth"/>
He won election in his own right in 1880, defeating [[Daniel G. Fowle]] for the Democratic nomination and narrowly winning over Republican challenger Ralph Buxton. In office, Jarvis convinced the legislature to authorize construction of the [[North Carolina Executive Mansion]], although it was not completed until 1891.<ref>
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In 1896, Jarvis was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]], where he supported [[William Jennings Bryan]] in his last major political act. He was instrumental in the founding of what is now [[East Carolina University]] in Greenville, where the oldest residential hall on campus is named in his memory.
In 1898, while not directly involved, Jarvis's political rhetoric may have contributed to the [[Wilmington insurrection of 1898]], a violent coup d'état by a group of white supremacists. They expelled opposition black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since the Civil War, including the only black newspaper in the city, and killed an estimated 60 to more than 300 people.<ref name=Thalian2>{{cite news |title=Race Question in Politics: North Carolina White Men Seek to Wrest Control from the Negroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100642725/race-question-in-politics/ |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 24, 1898 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |page=1 |access-date=2022-04-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Jordan Jarvis and the White Supremacy Campaign of 1898 |url=https://collectio.ecu.edu/chronicles/About/Thomas-Jordan-Jarvis-and-the-White-Supremacy-Campaign-of-1898 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=collectio.ecu.edu}}</ref>
Jarvis reopened his law firm and in 1912, he founded a partnership with Frank Wooten.<ref name="docsouth"/> In November 1914, Jarvis presided over the unveiling of the Pitt County Confederate Soldiers' Monument.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mullis |first1=Justin |title="Unveiling Meaning: the Pitt County Confederate Soldiers' Monument and Lost Cause Sentiment" |journal=The ScholarShip |date=May 4, 2022 |pages=20 |url=https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/10840/MULLIS-HONORSTHESIS-2022.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>
He died at his home in Greenville on June 17, 1915.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100642919/ex-governor-jarvis-dies-at-greenville/ |title=Ex-Governor Jarvis Dies at Greenville |newspaper=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |location=Greenville, North Carolina |page=1 |date=1915-06-18 |access-date=2022-04-28 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Legacy ==
* In addition to the ECU residence hall, a local United Methodist church<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jarvis Memorial UMC - Home |url=https://www.jarvis.church/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.jarvis.church}}</ref> and a street in Greenville are named in his memory.
* At one time, several personal artifacts were on display at the church.
== Personal life ==
Jarvis married Mary Woodson in December 1874.
==See also==
*[[North Carolina General Assembly of 1868–1869]]
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