R. Gregg Cherry

R. Gregg Cherry


61st Governor of North Carolina
In office January 4, 1945 – January 6, 1949
Lieutenant	Lynton Y. Ballentine
Preceded by	J. Melville Broughton
Succeeded by	W. Kerr Scott

Personal details
Born	Robert Gregg Cherry (1891-10-17)October 17, 1891 York County, South Carolina
Died	June 25, 1957(1957-06-25) (aged 65) Gastonia, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Duke University

Robert Gregg Cherry (October 17, 1891 – June 25, 1957) was the 61st Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949.

Biography

Born in York County, South Carolina near Rock Hill, Cherry grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina with relatives after the death of his parents. He earned bachelor's and law degrees at Trinity College (now Duke University). He organized and led a volunteer artillery company during World War I.

Cherry served as mayor of Gastonia, as a member and speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, as chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party (1937–1940), and as a member of the North Carolina Senate. In Gastonia, it was joked that he was the best lawyer in town when sober, and the second-best lawyer in town when drunk.^[1]

In 1944, Cherry was elected governor as the last in a series of governors affiliated with the political machine of former Gov. O. Max Gardner.^[2] Gov. Cherry inherited an economy facing material and labor shortages as a result of the ongoing Second World War. One of his primary focuses during his term was the improvement of mental health care at state-run facilities. Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, is named for him.

Unlike most other Southern Democratic governors, Cherry supported Harry S. Truman for re-election in 1948. Cherry retired from politics and returned to the practice of law after his one term as governor (the maximum then allowed by the state constitution).

References

↑ Tar Heel Laughter By Richard Walser
↑ Christensen, Rob. The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics. 2008. UNC Press.

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Political offices
Preceded by Robert Johnson	Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives 1937	Succeeded by D. L. Ward
Preceded by J. Melville Broughton	Governor of North Carolina 1945–1949	Succeeded by W. Kerr Scott

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Carolina
Governors	Caswell Nash Burke A. Martin Caswell Johnston A. Martin Spaight Sr. Ashe Davie Williams Turner Alexander Williams Stone Smith Hawkins Miller Branch Franklin Holmes Burton Iredell Owen Stokes Swain Spaight Jr. Dudley Morehead Graham Manly Reid Winslow Bragg Ellis Clark Vance Holden Worth Holden Caldwell Brogden Vance Jarvis Scales Fowle Holt Carr Russell Aycock Glenn Kitchin Craig Bickett Morrison McLean Gardner Ehringhaus Hoey Broughton Cherry W. K. Scott Umstead Hodges Sanford Moore R. W. Scott Holshouser Hunt J. Martin Hunt Easley Perdue McCrory Cooper
Lieutenant Governors	Caldwell Brogden Jarvis Robinson Stedman Holt Doughton Reynolds Turner Winston Newland Daughtridge O. Gardner Cooper Long Fountain Graham Horton Harris Ballentine Taylor, Sr. Hodges Barnhardt Philpott Scott Taylor Jr. Hunt Green Jordan J. Gardner Wicker Perdue Dalton Forest

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