OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
William Alexander Graham

BORN:
September 5, 1804
Vesuvius Furnace, North Carolina

DIED:
August 11, 1875 (age 70)
Saratoga Springs, New York

EDUCATION:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, 1824)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1860)
Constitutional Union (1860–1861)
Democratic (1861–1865, 1868–1875)
National Union (1865–1868)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1825:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Hillsboro. North Carolina 
1833-1840:
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons,
Served as Speaker Twice 
1840-1843:
U.S. Senator from North Carolina
Whig 
1845-1849:
Governor of North Carolina
1850-1852:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1852:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Vice President 
1854-1866:
North Carolina State Senator 
1864-1865:
Confederate States Senator from North Carolina 
1867-1875:
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Peabody Fund
1873-1875:
Arbitrator in the Boundary Line Dispute between Virginia and Maryland 

RESOURCES:
U.S. Navy
Biographical Directory of Congress
NCPedia
Wikipedia 

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