Iredell Meares (December 15, 1856 - September 1931) was a lawyer, public speaker, and politician in North Carolina. His obituary describes him as one of lower Cape Fear's most colorful characters.[1]

Early life

He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina into a prominent family. His family's finances were wrecked by the Civil War and father died in 1871.[2]

A Democrat, he became and independent, then a Republican, and ran for governor as a Progressive.[2]

He reportedly sent his co-counsel a poem in lieu of a fee.[3] He served as deputy of customs in Wilmington.[4] He testified on the proposed establishment of a Department of Education in Washington D.C. He was a lawyer for the Sentinels of the Republic.[5]

He was a Progressive Party candidate in the 1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election.[6] Later in his career he worked in Washington D.C.[1]

He owned two Albert Rosenthal etchings, one of James Iredell.[7]

He was married to Josephine Meares. They had a daughter. He died September 1931 in Wilmington, North Carolina.[1]

Writings

  • "An Address on the Administration of the Law; Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the New Courthouse for New Hanover County, at Wilmington, N.C., April 21st, 1892"[8]
  • "Mix Brains and Ballots; Day for Intellectual Voting" (1908)[9]
  • "Bank Deposit Guaranty; An Opposition View" (1908)[10]
  • "Mr. Taft's Judicial Decisions as They Relate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Labor Strikes" (1908)[11]
  • "Is the South to be Humiliated?; An Appeal to Southern Manhood" (1908)[12]
  • "Presidents who Have Visited Wilmington, N.C.; Washington, Monroe, Polk, Fillmore, Taft : Souvenir, November 9, 1909"[13]
  • "God Not in the Covenant; The League of Nations Doomed on the Day the Conference Met" (1920)[14]
  • The Trading with the Enemy Act;As Enacted and Amended, with Annotations : Addendum and Appendix Comprising Data Relating to the Act Star Publishing 1924[15][16][17]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Iredell Meares Taken By Death". The Charlotte Observer. 1931-09-16. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  2. 1 2 "History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers". Lewis Publishing Company. November 8, 1919 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "North Carolina Law Journal". Dennis & Company. November 8, 1900 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "House documents". November 8, 1888 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Education, United States Congress House Committee on (November 8, 1928). "Hearings" – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Connor, Robert Digges Wimberly (November 8, 1915). "A Manual of North Carolina". North Carolina Historical Commission – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Association, American Library (November 8, 1906). "A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and Periodicals". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1892). An Address on the Administration of the Law: Delivered at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the New Courthouse for New Hanover County, at Wilmington, N.C., April 21st, 1892.
  9. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1908). Mix Brains and Ballots: Day for Intellectual Voting.
  10. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bank_Deposit_Guaranty/cFZsNQEACAAJ?hl=en
  11. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1908). Mr. Taft's Judicial Decisions as They Relate to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Labor Strikes. Observer Print.
  12. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1908). Is the South to be Humiliated?: An Appeal to Southern Manhood ...
  13. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1909). Presidents who Have Visited Wilmington, N.C.: Washington, Monroe, Polk, Fillmore, Taft : Souvenir, November 9, 1909.
  14. ↑ Meares, Iredell (1920). God Not in the Covenant: The League of Nations Doomed on the Day the Conference Met.
  15. ↑ Meares, Iredell; States, United (1924). The Trading with the Enemy Act: As Enacted and Amended, with Annotations : Addendum and Appendix Comprising Data Relating to the Act. Star Publishing Company.
  16. ↑ Schuyler, Robert Livingston (1925). "Review of The Trading with the Enemy Act". Columbia Law Review. 25 (6): 855. doi:10.2307/1113899. ISSN 0010-1958.
  17. ↑ Borchard, Edwin M. (1925). "Review of The Trading with the Enemy Act, as enacted and amended". American Bar Association Journal. 11 (6): 368–368. ISSN 0002-7596.
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