William
Alexander
Graham
Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Graham
and Isabella (Davidson) Graham
Husband of
Susannah Sarah Washington
— married
8 Jun 1836 in Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John W Graham, Joseph Graham MD, William Alexander Graham, James A Graham, Amanda Moore Graham, Daniel Graham, George Washington Graham, Augustus Washington Graham and Susan Washington (Graham) Clark
Died
at age 70
in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, United States
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| Preceded by 19th Secretary William Ballard Preston Preceded by 29th Governor John Motley Morehead Preceded by Robert Strange Preceded by Edwin Godwin Reade |
William Alexander Graham 20th United States Secretary of the Navy  30th Governor of North Carolina  US Senator (Class 3) from North Carolina  CS Senator from North Carolina  |
Succeeded by 21st Secretary John P. Kennedy Preceded by 31st Governor Charles Manly Succeeded by William Henry Haywood, Jr. Confederacy dissolved May 10, 1865 |
Biography
William Graham is Notable.
- Graham County, North Carolina is named in his honor.
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804 – August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a Senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852, under President Millard Fillmore. He was the Whig Party nominee for vice-president in 1852 on a ticket with General Winfield Scott. Graham "opposed secession, but remained loyal to his state and the South. In Reconstruction he supported white supremacy and believed Northern influence in his state was a disaster for Southern civilization."[1] He had ten children.
Sources
- ↑ Eric Foner, Reconstruction in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000).
- wikipedia [William Alexander Graham]
- Find A Grave Memorial# 8073808
- William Alexander Graham on Wikipedia
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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See Also:
- The Papers of William Alexander Graham. Edited by J.G. de Roulhac and Max R. Williams. 8 vols. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1957-1992
- Williams, Max. “William A. Graham, North Carolina Whig Party Leader, 1804-1849." Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina, 1965.
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Graham-11027 and Graham-8073 appear to represent the same person because: Same person, Governor of North Carolina
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