Robert Young Hayne (November 10 1791 – September 24 1839) was an American political leader who served in the United States Senate as Governor of South Carolina and as Mayor of Charleston. He was notable as a proponent of the states’ rights doctrine in collaboration with John C. Calhoun.
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. Philip's and St. Michael's Parish, Governor of South Carolina, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, 16th Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 5th Attorney General of South Carolina
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