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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.
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William A. Graham was born on 15 May 1926 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), CBS Playhouse (1967) and Play of the Week (1959). He was married to Betty Graham and Janet Graham. He died on 12 September 2013 in Malibu, California, USA.
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- May 15, 1926
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William A. Graham is a distinguished scholar of early Islamic religious history and textual traditions, and a former dean of Harvard Divinity School. He has received several awards and honors for his research and teaching, and has co-authored The Heritage of World Civilizations.
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:
William Alexander Graham was born in 1804 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1824, studied the law, and was admitted to the state bar in 1825. Graham began the practice of law but ultimately turned his attention to politics, becoming a leader among North Carolina Whigs.
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About. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, the thirtieth governor of North Carolina, was born near Lincolnton, North Carolina on September 5, 1804. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated in 1824. He went on to study law, and then established his legal career in Hillsboro.
William Alexander Graham (5 Sept. 1804-11 Aug. 1875), lawyer, planter, and governor, was the eleventh child and youngest son of Joseph and Isabella Davidson Graham. He was born on Vesuvius Plantation, the family home in eastern Lincoln County. Both parents were staunch Presbyterians of Scotch-Irish ancestry; their progenitors had migrated first ...
