WEAVER, Zebulon, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Weaverville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 12, 1872; attended the public schools and was graduated from Weaver College at Weaverville in 1889; studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Asheville, N.C.; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1909; served in the State senate 1913-1915; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Sixty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1917, to March 1, 1919, when he was succeeded by James J. Britt, who contested his election; elected to the Sixty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed the practice of law in Asheville, N.C., until his death there October 29, 1948; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
 (Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

ZEBULON WEAVER.
(Tenth District,—Counties: Cherokee, Buncombe, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania. Population (1910), 202,220.)
Zebulon Weaver, Democrat, of Buncombe County, was born in Weaverville, N. C, May 12,1872. He is the son of W. E. and Hannah E. (Baird) Weaver. A.B. of Weaverville College, 1889. Studied law at the University of North Carolina, 1894. Lawyer. Represented Buncombe County in the General Assembly of North Carolina in 1907, and 1909. State Senator, 1913 and 1915. After a close contest with James J. Britt, Republican, in 1916, he was declared elected Representative in the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses. Methodist. Married Miss Anna Hyman. Five children. Address: Asheville, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.)