| LC control no. | n 85363434 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Grayson, William J. (William John), 1788-1863 |
| Variant(s) | Grayson, William John, 1788-1863 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Beaufort (S.C.) |
| Located | Charleston (S.C.) Beaufort (S.C.) |
| Birth date | 1788-11-02 |
| Death date | 1863-10-04 |
| Place of birth | Beaufort (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Newberry (S.C.) |
| Field of activity | Law |
| Affiliation | South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House Whig Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | Grayson, William J. James Louis Petigru, 1866: title page (William J. Grayson) page v (the late William J. Grayson, of Charleston, S.C.) LC in OCLC, 1-2-85 (hdg.: Grayson, William John, 1788-1863; usage not shown) Who was who in America, 1607-1896 (Grayson, William John; congressman; born Beaufort, S.C., Nov. 2, 1788; grad. South Carolina College at Columbia, 1809; studied law, admitted to bar in 1822, began practice of law in Beaufort; member South Carolina House of Representatives, 1822-1826; member S.C. Senate, 1826-1831; elected commissioner in equity for Beaufort District, 1831; member U.S. House of Representatives (Whig) from S.C., 23rd-24th congresses, 1833-1837; collector of customs at Charleston, S.C., 1841-1853; retired to his plantation; died Newberry, S.C., October 4, 1863) |
| Associated language | eng |
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