1791 - 1839 (47 years)
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Name |
Robert Young Hayne |
Birth |
10 Nov 1791 |
Charleston, South Carolina |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
24 Sep 1839 |
Person ID |
I141861 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
28 Jun 2015 |
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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).
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