Tazewell L. Hargrove
North Carolina politician (1830–1889)
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Tazewell Lee Hargrove (1830 – December 16, 1889) was a lawyer, politician, and Confederate Army officer who served as Attorney General of North Carolina. A Democrat before the Civil War he held office as a Republican after the war.
He was born in Townsville, North Carolina, and graduated from Randolph Macon College in 1848.[1] He served with the 44th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, was a lieutenant colonel, and reportedly helped defend a bridge against a superior force for several hours during the Civil War.[2] He was in Company A.[3][4][5][6] He was captured.[7]
A lawyer in Granville County, North Carolina,[8] he served as a delegate to North Carolina's Secession Convention.
In 1872 at the Republican Party's state convention, he was chosen unanimously as nominee for attorney general.[9] He was preceded as North Carolina Attorney General by William Marcus Shipp and succeeded by Thomas S. Kenan.
