William Henry Haywood, Jr.

William Henry Haywood, Jr.


United States Senator from North Carolina
In office March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846
Preceded by	William A. Graham
Succeeded by	George E. Badger
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
In office 1831 1834-1836
Personal details
Born	(1801-10-23)October 23, 1801 Raleigh, North Carolina
Died	October 7, 1852(1852-10-07) (aged 50) Raleigh, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic

William Henry Haywood, Jr. (October 23, 1801 – October 7, 1852) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1843 and 1846.

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina to a prominent family,^[1] Haywood attended the Raleigh Male Academy and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1819. Haywood became the first clerk of the vestry of Raleigh's Christ Church (Episcopal) in 1821.^[2] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Raleigh. He was a member of the North Carolina State House of Commons (1831 and 1834–1836), serving as speaker the last year. President Martin Van Buren appointed him Chargé d'Affaires to Belgium, but he declined the position.

Haywood was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1843, until July 25, 1846, when he refused to be instructed by the state legislature on a tariff question and resigned. At the time of his resignation, he was chairman of the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on the District of Columbia.

The North Carolina legislature elected Whig George Edmund Badger to replace Haywood in the Senate.

He resumed the practice of law in Raleigh, where he died on October 7, 1852 and was buried in the Old City Cemetery.

Sources

↑ Notable Southern families, Volume 2: Haywood was the nephew of State Treasurer John Haywood. Note that he is here listed as William Henry Haywood, III, and he is listed as being born in 1810, which is evidently a misprint, since he graduated from UNC in 1819.
↑ Christ Church Raleigh History

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United States Senate
Preceded by William A. Graham	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from North Carolina 1843–1846 Served alongside: Willie P. Mangum	Succeeded by George E. Badger

United States Senators from North Carolina

Class 2	Johnston Martin Franklin Turner Stokes Branch Brown Mangum Reid Bragg Abbott Ransom Butler Simmons Bailey Umstead Broughton F. Graham Smith Lennon Scott Jordan Helms Dole Hagan Tillis

Class 3	Hawkins Bloodworth Stone Franklin Stone Locke Macon Iredell Mangum Strange W. Graham Haywood Badger Biggs Clingman Pool Merrimon Vance Jarvis Pritchard Overman Morrison Reynolds Hoey Ervin Morgan East Broyhill Sanford Faircloth Edwards Burr

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce and Manufactures (1816–1825)	Hunter Sanford Dickerson

Commerce (1825–1947)	Lloyd Johnston Woodbury Forsyth King Silsbee Goldsborough Davis King Huntington Haywood Dix Hamlin Dodge Clay Chandler Conkling Gordon Ransom McMillan Frye Ransom Frye Nelson Clarke Fletcher Jones H. Johnson Stephens Copeland Bailey

Interstate Commerce (1887–1947)	Cullom Butler Cullom Elkins Clapp Newlands Smith Cummins Smith Watson Couzens Dill Wheeler

Interstate and Foreign Commerce/Commerce (1947–1977)	White E. Johnson Tobey Bricker Magnuson

Commerce, Science, and Transportation (1977–)	Magnuson Cannon Packwood Danforth Hollings Pressler McCain Hollings McCain Hollings McCain Stevens Inouye Rockefeller Thune

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 23685720 LCCN: n88070997 US Congress: H000411

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