Richard Tillman Fountain Papers, 1864-1958

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Richard Tillman Fountain Papers, 1864-1958

1864-1958

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0129

Papers (1864-1958 undated) of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, lawyer, judge, legislator, and gubernatorial candidate Richard Tillman Fountain consisting of correspondence, report, clippings, newspapers, law practice documents, letters, pamphlets, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and reports.

6.94 cubic feet

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11630751

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives

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North Carolina. Office of Lieutenant Governor

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Fountain, R. T. (Richard Tillman), 1885-1945

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Richard Tillman Fountain was born in Edgecombe County, N.C., on February 15, 1885. Fountain was admitted to the N.C. Bar and began a practice in Rocky Mount in 1907. In 1918 Fountain was elected to the State Legislature where he served five unopposed terms and was named speaker in 1927. From 1929 to 1933 he served as lieutenant governor. As a candidate for governor of N.C. in the 1932 Democratic primary, Fountain was defeated in a runoff election. Fountain died on February 21, 1945. ...

Daughters of the American Revolution.

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