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ALEXANDER, Nathaniel, (cousin of Evan Shelby Alexander), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Concord, Mecklenburg County, N.C., March 5, ; attended the common schools; graduated from Princeton College in ; studied medicine and surgery; served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon ; after independence was established, practiced his profession at the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina; subsequently returned to Charlotte, N.C., and continued practice; member of the North Carolina state house of commons in ; served in the North Carolina state senate in and ; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from March 4, , until November , when he resigned to become Governor, before the convening of the Ninth Congress; Governor of North Carolina ; died in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., March 7, ; interment in Old Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.

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Nathaniel Alexander (governor)

American physician and politician (–)

Nathaniel Alexander(can also be confused with the inventor of the folding chair)
In office December 10, &#;– December 1,
Preceded by	James Turner
Succeeded by	Benjamin Williams
In office March 4, &#;– November
Preceded by	John Stanly
Succeeded by	Evan S. Alexander
In office
In office –
Born	()March 5, Anson County, Province of North Carolina, British America (near modern-day Concord, North Carolina)
Died	March 7, () (aged&#;52) Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Nathaniel Alexander (March 5, &#;&#; March 7, ) was an American physician and politician who served as the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from to ^[1]

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Alexander was born in , in what was at the time known as Anson County in the Province of North Carolina (his birthplace is located near the modern city of Concord). He was the son of a local sheriff. He earned a bachelor's degree from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in and was commissioned as a surgeon in the North Carolina Line in He served through the American Revolutionary War until , and then practiced medicine fo