Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . hebar, and practised successfully in his native countyfor many years. Removing to Rutherford county,he served several terms in the legislature in 1822-9,and was elected to congress as a Whig, servingfrom 2 Dec, 1833, till 3 March, 1843. excepting from25 March, 1836, to 5 Dec, 1836, when a Democratichouse declared his seat vacant, although it was notgiven to his competitor. Mr. Graham was againchosen at a new election. He was also elected tothe 29th congress, serving from 1 Dec. 1845. till 3March, 1847, when he retired and devoted the re-mainder of
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . hebar, and practised successfully in his native countyfor many years. Removing to Rutherford county,he served several terms in the legislature in 1822-9,and was elected to congress as a Whig, servingfrom 2 Dec, 1833, till 3 March, 1843. excepting from25 March, 1836, to 5 Dec, 1836, when a Democratichouse declared his seat vacant, although it was notgiven to his competitor. Mr. Graham was againchosen at a new election. He was also elected tothe 29th congress, serving from 1 Dec. 1845. till 3March, 1847, when he retired and devoted the re-mainder of his life to farming.— Another Alexander, senator, b. in Lincoln C, 5 Sept., 1804; d. in Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,11 Aug., 1875, was graduated at the University ofNorth Carolina in 1824, admitted to the bar atNewbern, N. C. and began to practise law in Hills-borough. He was several times elected to the statelegislature between 1833 and 1840. and was morethan once chosen speaker. In 1840 lie was elected 702 GRAHAM GRAHAM. to the r. S. senate to till the vacancy occasionedby tl - - tation of Robert Strange, serving Crom in i« 11840, to •< March, L843. In 1844 he waselected governor by the Whigs on a Larger vote than was ever before polled. He was re-elected in 1840 by an increasedmajority, but de-clined a third term,and retired to pri-vate life. He wasoffered the Spanishmission by PresidentTaylor in 1849. butdeclined it. and inL850 became secre-tary of the navy inFillmores cabinet,but resigned in 1852in consequence ofhaving been nomi-nated by the Whigsfor vice-president onthe ticket with During- histerm of office as sec-ry he projected and carried out the importantexpedition to Japan under Com. Perry. Gov. Gra-ham served as senator in the 2d Confederate con-g 3S from 22 1864. until the end of the was also a delegate to the Union convention atPhiladelphia in 1800. which was called to sustainthe policy of Andrew Johnson. At the t
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