Governors

Graham Brothers Commentary

The Graham brothers, James and William, were leaders of the state and national Whig parties during the antebellum era.  A Senator and Governor, the younger William, once described as the handsomest man in all of North Carolina, influenced politics more than his older brother.  The political biographies of both, however, reveal the history of the Whig Party in the Tar Heel State and explore what issues Whigs deemed most important.

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