Charles Bennett Deane (November 1, 1898 – November 24, 1969) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.

Career

Deane was born in Ansonville Township,

Anson County, North Carolina Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,055. Its county seat is Wadesboro. History The area eventually comprising Anson County was originally occupied by Native Ameri ...

on 1 November 1898. He attended Pee Dee Academy in

Rockingham, North Carolina Rockingham is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States, named after the Marquess of Rockingham. The population was 9,243 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Richmond County. Downtown Rockingham is currently being revit ...

, and Trinity Park School, Durham, N.C., 1918-1920. Next Deane studied at and then graduated from the law department of

Wake Forest College Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private university, private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, Wake ...

in 1923. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Rockingham. He was an active Southern Baptist. He was register of deeds of

Richmond County, North Carolina Richmond County is a County (United States), county located on the central southern border of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Rockingham, North Carolina, Rockingham. The county was formed in 1779 from a portion of Anson Cou ...

from 1926–1934; attorney in the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., in 1938 and 1939; in 1940, engaged in administrative law and in the general insurance business; served as chairman of the Richmond County Democratic executive committee 1932-1946; trustee of Wake Forest College. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. Closely associated with the

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movement, he was defeated in the Democratic primary for a fifth term because he had refused to sign the controversial

Southern Manifesto The Declaration of Constitutional Principles (known informally as the Southern Manifesto) was a document written in February and March 1956, during the 84th United States Congress, in opposition to racial integration of public places. The manife ...

against desegregation of the races. Deane was quoted as saying "I do not have to remain in Washington but I do have to live with myself. I shall not sign my name to any document which will make any man anywhere a second-class citizen." to his pastor in regard to the Manifesto. Following his failure to be renominated Deane spent the last 13 years of his life as the attorney for Rockingham, North Carolina. Deane died in Rockingham, North Carolina, November 24, 1969, and was interred in Eastside Cemetery. His son was Charles B. Deane Jr. who served in the

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References

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