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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After a good primary education William Grayson graduated in 1809, the South Carolina College, today's University of South Carolina in Columbia. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1822 admitted to the bar he began in Beaufort to work in his new profession. At the same time he also began a career in politics. Between 1813 and 1815, and again from 1822 to 1825 he was a member of the House of Representatives of South Carolina. From 1826 to 1831 Grayson was a member of the State Senate.

The early 1830s arose between the federal government under President Andrew Jackson and the State of South Carolina to the so-called Nullifikationskrise. It was about an import tariff law, which rejected the state of South Carolina. In South Carolina they declared the law null and void. They even toyed with the idea to withdraw from the Union. The followers of this policy called Nullifier you. Among them was William Grayson. In 1832 he was a candidate in the second constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1833, the successor of Robert Woodward Barnwell. Between 1833 and 1837, Grayson was able to complete two terms in Congress. This period was marked by discussions on the policies of President Jackson.

Between 1841 and 1853 William Grayson was head of the customs authority at the port of Charleston. Then he withdrew into retirement, which he spent on his plantation. In his last years he was active as a poet, among other things, he wrote for the "Southern Quarterly Review ." In 1856 he gave the book of poems "The hireling and the slave, Chicora, and other poems " out. William Grayson died on 4 October 1863 in Newberry.