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728 ship was recognized and he was again a candidate for the United States Senate, but on account of a combination of Republicans with others who disliked his bold course he was defeated. The people, however, rallied to him, and by an uprising made him governor for the third time. His inauguration January 1, 1877, was the downfall of &quot;re-construction&quot; in North Carolina. In 1873 he was again elected to the United States Senate, took his seat March, 1879, and as a senator served his State faithfully during the following twelve years. In the Senate, as before the people, he took high rank as an orator. He was endowed richly with both humor and pathos, and he used with great effect a remarkable fund of anecdote. As a senator he strenuously opposed the civil service law, and advocated tariff reform. During his vigorous administration as governor &quot;the judges were heard above the roar of cannon, and the writ of habeas corpus was never for a day suspended. Yet while strenuously resisting all the encroachments of military power, no governor was more active in providing for the welfare of his soldiers, and in importing machinery, food and medical supplies. His personal influence made possible the enforcement of the conscript laws, and his fiery and eloquent admonitions to North Carolina s sixty-five regiments in the winter of 1863-64 reinspired the army of Northern Virginia.

Francis W. Pickens, the first war governor of South Carolina, was born in St. Paul s parish, that State, April 7, 1805, the son of Gov. Andrew Pickens, and grandson of Gen. Andrew Pickens, a soldier of the Revolution. He was educated at Athens college and South Carolina college, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and in 1832 was elected to the lower house of the State legislature. Attaining prominence in political affairs, he was elected to Congress on the nullification ticket, and took his seat in December, 1834, serving from that time until March, 1843. The following year he