Charles Brantley Aycock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Brantley Aycock

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1859

Place of Birth: Wayne County, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1912

Profession: teacher, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Brantley Aycock (November 1, 1859 – April 4, 1912) was the 50th Governor of the U.S.
state of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905.
After starting his career as a lawyer and teacher, he became active in the Democratic Party during the party's Solid South period, and was a strong proponent of the white supremacy campaigns of that period.
Aycock was one of the leading perpetrators of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, in which whites took over the city government by force, the only coup d'état in U.
S.
history.Under his tenure as governor, he was an advocate for the improvement of the state's public school systems, and following his term in office, he traveled the country promoting educational causes.