Lewis P. Olds

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
  1. History of the University of North Carolina, Volume II
  2. NC Manual of 1913
  3. Trial of William W. Holden
  4. Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States, p. 302 and p. 364.
Legal offices
Preceded by
William M. Coleman		 Attorney General of North Carolina
1869–1870		 Succeeded by
William M. Shipp
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