Graham, William A
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born Sept. 5, 1804, in Lincoln county, N. C. He served in the state legislature from 1833 to 1836, and also in 1839 and 1840. He was a senator in confrom North gress Carolina from 1841 to 1843. In 1844 he was elected governor of the state, and reelected in 1846. He was secretary of the navy under President Filmore; and subsequently was nominated for the office of vice-president on the ticket with Winfield Scott. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia national union convention of 1866; and subsequently held the position of arbitrator between the states of Virginia and Maryland. He died Aug. 11, 1875, in Saratoga, N. Y.