Northcarolinahistory.org has entries dealing with NC governors. What makes this category different than other works regarding the governors is that northcarolinahistory.org entries emphasize how each governor interpreted the proper role of government and either expanded, constrained, or limited its power. Stay tuned as the number of entries increases.
Check out this entry concerning Gov. Thomas Bickett. Inaugurated on January 11, 1917, Bickett’s gubernatorial administration
included the beginning of a juvenile court system, the expansion of the
state’s roads and educational programs, and the prison system. Bickett might be more famous for leading the state during the World War I era.
