Tod Robinson Caldwell

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Tod Robinson Caldwell (19 February 1818–11 July 1874) was a lawyer and the Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1871 to 1874. He was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He lived in Burke County. Caldwell attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was solicitor for Burke County, and was a member of the General Assembly.

He succeeded to the office upon the impeachment and removal from office of Governor William Woods Holden. At the time, Caldwell was the first Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, an office created by the 1868 state constitution.

When elected in 1872 on the Republican ticket to a full term, Caldwell became one of the first Republican governors of North Carolina. His areas of interest were the state debt and the state finances and the opening of the public schools which had been closed in 1863 due to lack of money. He appointed Stephen D. Pool as Superintendent of Public Instruction and got a bill passed allowing private aid for public schools in order to gain funds to reopen the schools.

Governor Caldwell died in 1874, before the end of his term of office.

Preceded by: William Woods Holden

Governor of North Carolina 1871-1874

Succeeded by: Curtis Hooks Brogden

Governors of North Carolina

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