William Alexander Graham

William Graham
Confederate States Senator from North Carolina
In office
February 18, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded byEdwin Godwin Reade
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
20th United States Secretary of the Navy
In office
August 2, 1850 – July 25, 1852
PresidentMillard Fillmore
Preceded byWilliam Ballard Preston
Succeeded byJohn P. Kennedy
30th Governor of North Carolina
In office
January 1, 1845 – January 1, 1849
Preceded byJohn Motley Morehead
Succeeded byCharles Manly
United States Senator
from North Carolina
In office
November 25, 1840 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byRobert Strange
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Haywood Jr.
Personal details
Born
William Alexander Graham

(1804-09-05)September 5, 1804
Lincolnton, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedAugust 11, 1875(1875-08-11) (aged 70)
Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.
Political partyWhig (before 1860)
Constitutional Union (1860–1861)
Democratic (1861–1865, 1868–1875)
National Union (1865–1868)
SpouseSusannah Washington
Children
EducationUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804 – August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and U.S. secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852, under President Millard Fillmore. He was the Whig Party nominee for vice-president in 1852 on a ticket with General Winfield Scott.