Richard Hines (June 25, 1792November 20, 1851) was a
Congressional Representative
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from
North Carolina
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; born in
Tarboro, North Carolina
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on June 25, 1792; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced in
Raleigh, North Carolina
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; member of the
State house of commons, 1824; elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Raleigh, N.C., and died there November 20, 1851; interment in the
Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
See also
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Nineteenth United States Congress
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External links
Entry in US Congressional Biographical db
Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Burials at City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)
1851 deaths
Year of birth missing
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
People from Tarboro, North Carolina
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly
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