William Schley

William Schley

William Schley (December 15, 1786 (some references say December 10) – November 20, 1858) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.

Biography

Schley was born in Frederick, Maryland, the original locus and domicile of the Schley family in North America. With others of the family he migrated to Augusta, Georgia, in the early 19th century, where he was educated at the academies of Louisville and Augusta, Georgia. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812 and practiced law in Augusta. From 1825 through 1828 he was a Superior Court judge of the Middle District in Georgia.

In 1830 William Schley became a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. In 1832 and again in 1834, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives. He resigned from that position to become the 36th Governor of Georgia from 1835 until 1837.

During his gubernatorial term, Schley initiated the creation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He also advocated the establishment of a lunatic asylum and a geological survey of the state. Schley published a Digest of the English Statutes in Force in Georgia (Philadelphia, 1826). He was an ardent Democrat and strict constructionist.

He died in Augusta in 1858 and was buried in that same city in the Schley family cemetery. Schley County, Georgia is named his honor.

Notes

References

William Schley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Georgia State Archives Roster of State Governors
Georgia Governor's Gravesites Field Guide (1776-2003)
Georgia Secretary of State official website
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1900). "Schley, William". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

William Schley at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry G. Lamar	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large congressional district March 4, 1833 – July 1, 1835	Succeeded by Jesse F. Cleveland
Political offices
Preceded by Wilson Lumpkin	Governor of Georgia 1835–1837	Succeeded by George R. Gimer

Governors of Georgia

Council Presidents (1775–76)	Ewen Walton Ewen

Presidents (1776–77)	Bulloch Gwinnett

Governors (since 1777)	Treutlen Houstoun Glascock Cuthbert Wereat Walton Howly Wells Heard Davies Brownson Martin Hall Houstoun Elbert Telfair Mathews Handley Walton Telfair Mathews Irwin Jackson Emanuel Tattnall Milledge Irwin Mitchell Early Mitchell Rabun Talbot Clark Troup Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Schley Gilmer McDonald Crawford Towns Cobb H. Johnson J. E. Brown J. Johnson Jenkins Ruger Bullock Conley J. Smith Colquitt Stephens Boynton McDaniel Gordon Northen Atkinson Candler Terrell H. Smith J. M. Brown H. Smith Slaton J.M. Brown Slaton N. Harris Dorsey Hardwick Walker Hardman Russell E. Talmadge Rivers E. Talmadge Arnall Thompson H. Talmadge Griffin Vandiver Sanders Maddox Carter Busbee J. F. Harris Miller Barnes Perdue Deal

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50844829 LCCN: n90638377 US Congress: S000130

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