Background
Gudger, Hezekiah A. was born on May 27, 1850 in Marshall, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Emaline (Barnard) Gudger.
Gudger, Hezekiah A. was born on May 27, 1850 in Marshall, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Jackson and Sarah Emaline (Barnard) Gudger.
Educated Leicester Academy and Weaver-Tille College, Buncombe Company, North Carolina, to 1870 (A.M.). Graduate Bailey’s Law School, Asheville, North Carolina, 1871.
Engaged in practice of law at Asheville. North Carolina, from 1871. Elected to N C. Legislature, 1872 and 1874.
Principal North Carolina Institution for Education of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, 1877-1883. Resigned to reënter practice of law, January 1883. Elected to North Carolina Senate, 1885.
Candidate for elector from North Carolina at-large on McKinley ticket, 1896. American consul general to Panama, 1897-1905. Justice Supreme Court, Canal Zone, Panama, 1905-1914, chief justice, 1909-1914.
Resumed practice at Asheville.
There is a large range of issues where Church should interact with politics in such areas as poverty and inequality, environmental issues, nuclear and chemical weapons and the harm caused by use of drugs and drinking.
All Christians need to be familiar with the Bible, that contains a wide variety of literature, including history, law, poetry, gospels, letters, polemic, stories and apocalyptic visions, and try to immerse themselves in lieutenant.
Member school board of Asheville several years and trustee of University of North Carolina before going to Panama.
Married Jennie Hardy Smith, August 10, 1875.