William J. Grayson

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William J. Grayson

William John Grayson (born November 2, 1788 in Beaufort , South Carolina , † October 4, 1863 in Newberry , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good primary education, William Grayson graduated from South Carolina College , now the University of South Carolina in Columbia, in 1809 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1822, he began to work in Beaufort in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1813 and 1815 and again from 1822 to 1825 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . Grayson was a member of the State Senate from 1826 to 1831 .

In the early 1830s, the federal government under President Andrew Jackson and the state of South Carolina came to the so-called nullification crisis . It was about an import tariff law that the state of South Carolina rejected. In South Carolina the law was annulled. They even toyed with the idea of ​​leaving the Union. The supporters of this policy were called nullifiers . William Grayson was one of them. In 1832 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the second constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from Robert Woodward Barnwell on March 4, 1833 . Between 1833 and 1837 Grayson was able to serve two terms in Congress . This period was marked by discussions about President Jackson's politics.

Between 1841 and 1853, William Grayson was the head of customs in the Port of Charleston. Then he retired, which he spent on his plantation. In the last years of his life he worked as a poet, among other things he wrote for the "Southern Quarterly Review". In 1856 he published the collection of poems "The hireling and the slave, Chicora, and other poems". William Grayson died in Newberry on October 4, 1863.

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SURNAME Grayson, William J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grayson, William John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Beaufort , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1863
Place of death Newberry , South Carolina