What is Mike Easley?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=Michael Francis Easley |image = Mike_Easley.jpg |order=72nd |office= Governor of North Carolina |term_start= January 6, 2001 |term_end= January 10, 2009 |lieutenant= Bev Perdue |predecessor= [[Jim Hunt]] |successor= [[Bev Perdue]] |order2=48th |office2=Attorney General of North Carolina |term_start2=January 9, 1993 |term_end2=January 6, 2001 |governor2=Jim Hunt |predecessor2=[[Lacy Thornburg]] |successor2=[[Roy Cooper]] |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1950|3|23}} |birth_place= [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]], U.S. |residence= [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] |alma_mater=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] <br/> [[North Carolina Central University]] |spouse= Mary Easley {{small|(1980&ndash;present)}} |profession= [[Lawyer]] |party= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |signature= Mike Easley signature.jpg }} '''Michael Francis Easley''' (born March 23, 1950) is an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He was the [[List of Governors of North Carolina|72nd]] [[Governor of North Carolina|Governor]] of the [[United States|U.S. state]] of [[North Carolina]] from January 2001 to January 2009. He is the first governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a [[felony]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Halloran|first=Liz|date=2014-01-22|title=Governors Gone Wild: A Recent History|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/01/22/265041104/governors-gone-wild-a-recent-history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029001925/https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/01/22/265041104/governors-gone-wild-a-recent-history|archive-date=2019-10-29|access-date=2019-10-29|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-23|title=State of North Carolina v. Michael F. Easley|url=http://dig.abclocal.go.com/wtvd/docs/Easley_Plea_Docs_112310.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029000224/http://dig.abclocal.go.com/wtvd/docs/Easley_Plea_Docs_112310.pdf|archive-date=2019-10-29|access-date=201