Harvey Cloyd Philpott

Harvey Cloyd Philpott (1961)

Harvey Cloyd Philpott (born April 6, 1909 in Bassett , Henry County , Virginia , † August 19, 1961 ) was an American politician . In 1961 he was lieutenant governor of the state of North Carolina .

Career

In 1920, Harvey Philpott and his parents came to Lexington , North Carolina, where his father bought and ran a previously bankrupt furniture company. He himself worked in this company while graduating from Lexington High School . He then attended Eastman Business College and then, until 1929, the Virginia Military Institute . Philpott continued in the furniture industry and became president of Lexington-based United Furniture Corporation and Philpott Furniture Corporation . In the meantime he was also President of the Southern Furniture Manufacturer's Association .

Politically, Philpott joined the Democratic Party . Between 1934 and 1945 he was a member of the Lexington City School Board. Since 1943 he was its chairman. He was Mayor of Lexington from 1945 to 1949. He then belonged to the utility committee there until 1956 . He was also on the boards of the Commercial Bank of Lexington and the Mutual Savings and Loan Association , also in Lexington. Between 1953 and 1959, Philpott was an MP in the North Carolina House of Representatives . There he headed the committee for the reform of the state administration in 1958. In 1960 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina at the side of Terry Sanford . He held this office until his death on August 19, 1961. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . Since 1931, Harvey Philpott was married to Frances Adelaide Thompson, with whom he had two daughters and a son.

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SURNAME	Philpott, Harvey Cloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bassett , Henry County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	August 19, 1961