Robert Young Hayne

1791 - 1839  (47 years)

• Name	Robert Young Hayne
  Birth	10 Nov 1791	Charleston, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Sep 1839
  Person ID	I141861	First tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

  Mother	Elizabeth Peronneau,   b. 8 Sep 1766   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Brewton Allston,   b. 29 Sep 1792, St Philip's Parish, South Carolina d. 1853 (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. William Alston Hayne,   b. 25 Apr 1821, South Carolina, USA d. 28 Mar 1901 (Age 79 years)   2. Arthur Perroneau Hayne,   b. 30 Sep 1822   d. 15 Oct 1888 (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F17936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Governor of SC Copyright - 1992 Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. Hayne, Robert Young Robert Young Hayne, b. Colleton district, S.C., Nov. 10, 1791, d. Sept. 24, 1839, served as both U.S. senator and governor of South Carolina and was a prominent defender of Southern rights. The son of a wealthy slaveholding rice planter, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1812. He represented Charleston in the legislature (1814-18) and served as attorney general of South Carolina (1818-22). Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1822, Hayne became a leading opponent of the protective tariff of 1828. In a famous debate on the tariff with Daniel Webster in 1830, Hayne defended states rights against Webster's assertions of national power. Resigning from the Senate to serve as governor (1832-34) of South Carolina, Hayne upheld his state's nullification of the tariff of 1832 but accepted the compromise tariff of 1833. After serving (1835-37) as mayor of Charleston, Hayne involved himself in the promotion of railroad construction. In 1836 he became president of the unsuccessful Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad. Alfred A. Cave Bibliography: Jervey, Theodore D., Robert Y. Hayne and His Times (1909; repr. 1970).