right-wing causes (Monroe) James Pinckney Henderson (1808–1858), lawyer, politician, soldier, and first Governor of Texas (Lincolnton) Robert Hoke (1837–1912), Major General in Confederate States Army, director of North Carolina Railroad (Lincolnton) William Woods Holden (1818–1892), prominent Southern Unionist, served as 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina (Hillsborough) Jim Hunt (born 1937), Governor of North Carolina for a record four terms; opposed Jesse Helms in 1984 Senate race (Wilson) J–Z Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States, 1829–1837 (Waxhaw) (It should be noted his birth records are unclear and he may be from South Carolina side of border.) Lawrence Joel (1928–1984), United States Army soldier; Medal of Honor recipient (Winston-Salem) Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th President of the United States, 1865–1869 (Raleigh) Henry Johnson (1892–1929), United States Army soldier in World War I; posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (Winston-Salem) Joseph Lane (1801–1881), United States Army general and member of U.S. Senate from Oregon (Buncombe County) William Lenoir (1751–1839), American patriot, served in the Battle of Kings Mountain and several other skirmishes during the American Revolution, also the first President of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Wilkes County) Dolley Madison (1768–1849), wife of President James Madison (Guilford County) Linda McMahon (born 1948), Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President Donald Trump (New Bern) Solomon Meredith (1810–1875), Union Army general, one of the commanders of the Iron Brigade of the Army of the Potomac (Guilford County) Mick Mulvaney (born 1967), South Carolina Congressman, Director of Office of Management and Budget under President Donald Trump (Charlotte) Hardy Murfree (1752–1809), Lieutenant Colonel from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War (Murfreesboro) Charles P. Murray Jr. (1921–2011), United States Army officer; Medal of Honor recipient during World War II (Wilmington) Walter Hines Page (1855–1918), U.S. ambassador to Britain during First World War (Cary) William Dorsey Pender (1834–1863), Major General, one of youngest generals in Confederate States Army, mortally wounded at Battle of Gettysburg (Edgecombe County) James K. Polk (1797–1849), 11th President of the United States, 1845–1849 (Mecklenburg County) Eliza Jane Pratt (1902–1981), U.S. Congresswoman 1946–1947 (Anson County) Stephen Dodson Ramseur (1837–1864), Major General in Confederate States Army; mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia (Lincolnton) William Cary Renfrow (1845–1922), 3rd Governor of Oklahoma Territory, 1893–1897 (Smithfield) Hiram Revels (1822–1901), first African-American member of United States Senate (Fayetteville) Jennifer Roberts (born 1960), served as