Carr, Elias
farmer, governor, was born Feb. 25, 1839, in Edgecombe county, N. C. He completed his education in the university of Virginia and North Carolina. With the exception of the time spent in the confederate army, his life has been pre-eminently that of the agriculturist, managing his large private interests in Edgecombe, his native county. He was the first county president of the Farmers' Alliance; and for two terms was president of the State Alliance. In 1886 he was a delegate from North Carolina to the farmers' national convention at St. Paul; and in 1892 was appointed commissioner to the World's Fair. In 1892 he was elected governor of North Carolina by a majority of thirty thousand, which position he filled with distinction.