North Carolina General Assembly of 1775
| North Carolina General Assembly of 1775 | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Assembly | ||||
| Jurisdiction | North Carolina | ||||
| Meeting place | New Bern, North Carolina | ||||
| Term | 1775 | ||||
| Executive Council | |||||
| Lieutenant Governor | George Mercer | ||||
| Chief Baron of the Exchequer | James Hasell | ||||
| Receiver General | John Rutherford | ||||
| Clerk | Samuel Strudwick | ||||
| Attorney General | Thomas McGuire | ||||
| House of Burgesses | |||||
| Members | 93 Delegates authorized (21 vacancies, 34 counties, 9 Towns) | ||||
| Speaker | John Harvey | ||||
| Clerk | James Green, Jr. | ||||
| Assistant Clerk | James Glasgow | ||||
| Mace Bearer | Benjamin Fordham | ||||
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The North Carolina General Assembly of 1775 was a bicameral legislative body of North Carolina that met from April 4, 1775 to April 8, 1775 in New Bern. The upper house of the legislature was the Executive Council, which was appointed by The Crown as was the governor, Josiah Martin. The lower house, the House of Burgesses, was elected by the eligible voters of the 34 counties and nine major towns as certified by the local sheriff.
This was the fourth House of Burgesses and the final provincial general assembly meeting that took place in North Carolina under The Crown. They met at the same time and with virtually the same representation as the Second North Carolina Provincial Congress, which met in New Bern on April 3 to April 7, 1775. Because the House of Burgesses approved the Continental Congress that was to be held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, Governor Martin and the Executive Council issued a proclamation dissolving the House of Burgesses on April 8, 1775.