Background
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Le Roy was born on May 3, 1877 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Watt and Martha Ann (Griffith) Kirkpatrick.
Kirkpatrick, Thomas Le Roy was born on May 3, 1877 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Watt and Martha Ann (Griffith) Kirkpatrick.
Preparatory education, Sharon Academy. Student Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1894-1898. Certificate of completion, University of North Carolina Law School, 1900.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1900, and since practiced at Charlotte. Alderman, Charlotte, 1907-1911. V.mayor, Charlotte, 1911-1917, mayor, 1915-1917.
Chairman Local Exemption Board, 1917-1918. State senator 20th Senatorial District, 1933-1935. Organizer and 1st president Wilmington, Charlotte, Asheville Highway Association, also Citizens’ Highway Association of North Carolina.
Drafted Good Roads bill and successfully promoted $50,000,000 road bond issue for North Carolina. Chairman of the Board Bankhead National Highway Association. President Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte.
President United States Good Roads Association, also member Executive Committee, representing North Carolina. Proponent of $50,000,000,000 bond issue for United States Government to build international system of interstate highways. Member Sesquicentennial Commission, Philadelphia, 1926.
Member Queen City National Guard, 1892-1898. Member American, North Carolina State and Mecklenburg bar associations, Chamber Commerce of the United States (member of council), Charlotte Chamber Commerce (ex-president). Member Woodmen of World, Modern Woodmen, Elks, Junior Order United American Mechanics.
Married Eva Chalmers, October 9, 1907. Children: Thomas Le Roy, Carolyn Chalmers, Nancy Reynolds.