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American politician (1912–2004)

Barbee, 1971

Allen Cromwell Barbee (December 18, 1912 – February 11, 2004) was an American politician.

Barbee was one of eight children born to John Lucian Barbee and Deborah Vester Barbee. He graduated from Spring Hope High School in Spring Hope, North Carolina and received a football scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barbee founded the local newspaper, the Spring Hope Enterprise in 1947. Politically, Barbee was affiliated with the Democratic Party. He was active in municipal politics for nine years as a member of the Spring Hope Town Board and mayor of the town. He won his first election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in November 1960, and left the office to contest the Democratic nomination for the 1972 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, which went to Jim Hunt. Barbee returned to the state house after winning the 1974 state legislative elections, and served continuously through 1987, when he was defeated by Roy Cooper in the Democratic primary. He died on 11 February 2004, at the age of 93.

References

  1. "North Carolina manual [serial]". 1916.
  2. "Mabel M. Dixon Barbee". Spring Hope Enterprise. June 23, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2022. Alternate URL
  3. "The Enterprise returning to its original office". Spring Hope Enterprise. May 17, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Allen Cromwell Barbee". The News & Observer. February 13, 2004. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. "Roy Cooper III". The Charlotte Observer. January 3, 1988. p. 10A.


North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded byTim Valentine Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from Nash County
1961–1967 		Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Preceded byConstituency established Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 14th district
1967–1973
Served alongside: Joseph Elliott Eagles, Julian Baker Fenner, Larry P. Eagles 		Succeeded byJonas Melvin Gardner
Barney Paul Woodard
Preceded byJulian Baker Fenner Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 7th district
1975–1983
Served alongside: Larry P. Eagles, John Edwin Davenport, Arthur Hartwell Campbell, Jim Ezzell, Roger Wayne Bone, Jospehus Mavretic, Jeanne Tucker Fenner 		Succeeded byFrank Ballance
Preceded bySam Bundy
Ed Nelson Warren 		Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 8th district
1983–1985
Served alongside: Jospehus Mavretic, Thomas Hill Matthews, Jeanne Tucker Fenner 		Succeeded byJospehus Mavretic
Preceded byConstituency established Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 72nd district
1985–1987 		Succeeded byRoy Cooper
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