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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William McWillie |
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Camden, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 17, 1795
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| Died | March 03, 1869
(73 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | McWILLIE, William, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Kershaw District, S.C., November 17, 1795; served in the War of 1812 as adjutant in his father’s regiment; was graduated from South Carolina College in 1817; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Camden, S.C.; president of the Camden Bank in 1836; member of the State senate 1836-1840; moved to Madison County, Miss., in September 1845 and engaged in planting; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Thirty-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; Governor of Mississippi 1858-1860; active in the support of the Confederacy; died on his estate “Kirkwood,” Madison County, Miss., March 3, 1869; interment in St. Philip’s Churchyard.
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