Jump to content

Lewis P. Olds

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cydebot (talk | contribs) at 20:23, 24 September 2018 (Robot - Moving category North Carolina State Senators to Category:North Carolina state senators per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 17.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician who served as North Carolina Attorney General in 1869-1870.

In 1868, he was offered the presidency of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kemp P. Battle wrote, "As there was no treasury in sight from which a salary could be drawn, Mr. Olds wisely declined [the offer of the presidency]."[1] According to Battle, Olds was the son-in-law of then-Governor William W. Holden. He represented Wake County in the North Carolina Senate in 1870-71, when he voted against removing his father-in-law from office.[2][3]

President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Olds to be U.S. consul to St. Helena.,[4] where he served in 1876 and 1877.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of North Carolina
1869–1870
Succeeded by