Zebulon Weaver

Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina

Weaver College, and then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and practiced law in Asheville, North Carolina

James J. Britt, who argued that 90 ballots in which voters submitted a party ballot, but did not mark the box on it, should not have been counted. The majority of the House committee that considered the case disagreed with Britt, but in an unusual turn when resolutions were brought to the floor of the House, the House adopted the resolution of the minority and decided that Weaver was not elected and to swear in Britt. The House was extremely close in the 65th Congress, with the Democratic-coalition holding only a 2 seat majority at the end, and many House members were absent, so the final resolution was carried by a scant 185-183 vote.^[1] The case took so long that Britt was only seated for the last four days (between March 1, 1919, and March 3, 1919) of the 65th United States Congress.^[2]

Asheville until his death in 1948.^[2] During his tenure in office, Weaver was responsible for the bill that resulted in the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.^[3]