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Grayson, William J. (William John), 1788-1863

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Personal name headingGrayson, William J. (William John), 1788-1863
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Variant(s)Grayson, William John, 1788-1863
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeBeaufort (S.C.)
LocatedCharleston (S.C.) Beaufort (S.C.)
Birth date1788-11-02
Death date1863-10-04
Place of birthBeaufort (S.C.)
Place of deathNewberry (S.C.)
Field of activityLaw
AffiliationSouth Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives
South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. House
Whig Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLawyers
Legislators
Found inGrayson, 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)
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