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词条 Francis Burton Craige
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|name=Francis Burton Craige
|image name=Francis Burton Craige - Brady-Handy.jpg
|state1=North Carolina
|district1=7th
|party=Democrat
|term1=March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861
|preceded1=William S. Ashe
|succeeded1=Alexander H. Jones
|office2=Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
|term2=1832–1834
|birth_date={{birth date|1811|3|13|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Salisbury, North Carolina, US
|death_date={{death date and age|1875|12|30|1811|3|13|mf=y}}
|death_place=Concord, North Carolina, US
|spouse=
|religion=
|profession=Politician, Lawyer
|footnotes=
}}

Francis Burton Craige (March 13, 1811 – December 30, 1875) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Salisbury, North Carolina, March 13, 1811; attended a private school in Salisbury, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1829; editor and proprietor of the Western Carolinian 1829–1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Salisbury; one of the last borough representatives in the State house of representatives 1832–1834; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-third Congress); delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and introduced the Ordinance of Secession in the form in which it was adopted; delegate to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States which met in Richmond, Virginia, in July 1861; died in Concord, North Carolina, while attending the courts of that county, December 30, 1875; interment in Old English Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.

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{{CongBio|C000862}} Retrieved on 2009-04-14
  • {{Find a Grave|8078650|accessdate=2009-04-14}}
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