John C. B. Ehringhaus

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John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (5 February 1882 – 31 July 1949) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1933 to 1937.

Serving the state during the Depression, Ehringhaus encouraged the North Carolina General Assembly to create a state agency that would help rural areas of the state receive electricity services in order to revive the lagging economy.[1]

Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest "My name is pronounced as if spelled ear'en-house." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

A dormitory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ehringhaus' alma mater (class of 1902) is named in his honor.[2]

The second longest bridge in the state of North Carolina, a 3.5 mile stretch over the Albemarle Sound, is named in honor of this former governor.[3]

Ehringhaus' grave is located in the historic Episcopal Cemetery in his hometown of Elizabeth City in Northeastern North Carolina, and the city's main thoroughfare, Ehringhaus Street, is named in his honor.[4]

Preceded by Oliver Max Gardner	Governor of North Carolina 1933–1937	Succeeded by Clyde R. Hoey

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