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Hayne, Arthur Peronneau

soldier, lawyer, United States senator , was born March 12, 1790, in Charleston, S. C.

Charleston, S. C.

During the Florida war he was called into the field, and had command of the Tenof the Tennessee volunteers, and after receiving three brevets, retired from the army in 1820. Subsequently he served in the legin the legislature of South Carolina, and was chosen a presidential elector in 1828, voting for Jackson. He was appointed to a seat in the United States senate from South Caro- South Carolina in 1858 to fill a vacancy. He died Jan. 7, 1867, in Charleston, S.

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