School history of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1879 . in the Senate, and W. J,Alexander, .in the Commons, were presiding officers,Among the new members was William A- Grraham, ofOrange, He was the son of General Joseph Graham, and,having been graduated at Chapel Hill in 1824, had al-ready woix prominence at the Hillsboro bar. This, up toa year past, had iricluded Thomas Ruffin, A. P. Murphy,Willie P, Mangum, Frederick Nash, George E, Badger,Francis L. Hawks, W. H. Haywood and Bartlett Yancey,In such an array, the elaborate preparation, fine elocu^tion and majestic presence of Mr. Graham had al
School history of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1879 . in the Senate, and W. J,Alexander, .in the Commons, were presiding officers,Among the new members was William A- Grraham, ofOrange, He was the son of General Joseph Graham, and,having been graduated at Chapel Hill in 1824, had al-ready woix prominence at the Hillsboro bar. This, up toa year past, had iricluded Thomas Ruffin, A. P. Murphy,Willie P, Mangum, Frederick Nash, George E, Badger,Francis L. Hawks, W. H. Haywood and Bartlett Yancey,In such an array, the elaborate preparation, fine elocu^tion and majestic presence of Mr. Graham had alreadyestablished his prestige and assured his success, At onc§ Chief Justice Taylor? 22. When were the first railroads charterecl \[\North Carolina? 28. What is saic] of Wm. A. Grtvlnim? 198 PISTORV OF NORTH CAEOLINA, « he seemed full panoplied in an .arena where successfulcontest is generally the result of close and laborious yearsof training. No man was ever more be3^ond reproachand the imputation of any failing than Wijliain Alexan^d^T Graham?. GOVEKNOR SWAIN. 199 - CHAPTER XXVII. A. D. 1834 TO 1838. Railroad Convention—Congressmen—The Wilmington and RaleighRailroad—Assembly of 1834—The Second Governor Spaight—TheConvention Bill—Convention of 1835 meets in Raleigh—TheChanges eflected—Edward B. Dudley becomes Governor—Gene-ral Jackson retires from office—His Measures—Hugh Waddell andW. H. Haywood, Jr., Congressmen—The Siiprerae Court of NorthCarolina—The Circuit Judges—Death of Gavin Hogg—The NorthCarolina Bar—Congressmen—Martin Van Buren—The UnitedStates Bank—Lewis Williams and others on the Admission of Ar-kansas—Assembly of 1838. ^|M]^|HEN the year 1834 had come, the interest in the^^^^^ building of railroads was but increased in inten-sity. In the previous year a convention had been heldin which W. A. Graham and Joseph A. Hill were thechief spokesmen. Mr. Graham advocated the establish-ment of a system of lines traversing the Stat
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