Francis D. Winston

Francis Donnell Winston (born October 2, 1857 in Bertie County , North Carolina , † January 26, 1941 ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1905 and 1909 he was lieutenant governor of the state of North Carolina.

Career

Francis Winston attended Horner School in Oxford and Fetter's School in Henderson . Between 1873 and 1875 he studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York State . He then continued his education until 1879 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He then taught as a teacher. After studying law at the Dick and Dillard Law School in Greensboro and being admitted to the bar in 1881, he began to work in this profession. Politically, he was initially a member of the Republicans . The question of racial segregation broke with this party towards the end of the 19th century. Winston was an opponent of racial equality and joined the Democratic Party , which was then conservative on this issue . In 1887 he was probably elected as a Republican to the North Carolina Senate. Between 1898 and 1902 he was a Democrat in the North Carolina House of Representatives . Then he became a judge in the second judicial district of his state.

In 1904 Winston was elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina alongside Robert Broadnax Glenn . He held this office between 1905 and 1909. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. From 1913 to 1916 Winston was a federal prosecutor for the eastern part of North Carolina. He was also a member of the Freemasons and intermittently president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Francis Winston died on January 26, 1941.

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SURNAME	Winston, Francis D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Winston, Francis Donnell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bertie County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	January 26, 1941