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Robert Jemison Jr.
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Robert Jemison Jr. was an American politician, entrepreneur and slave owner who served as a Confederate States Senator from Alabama from 1863 to 1865. He also served in the two houses of the Alabama L
Robert Jemison Tuscaloosa 1889
Robert Jemison Tuscaloosa 1889
William L. Yancey
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William Lowndes Yancey was an American politician in the Antebellum South. As an influential "Fire-Eater", he defended slavery and urged Southerners to secede from the Union in response to Northern an
Robert Jemison Jr.
…He was elected unanimously to be President of the Alabama Senate in 1863; soon after, he was elected to the Confederate States Senate, replacing William Lowndes Yancey, who had died of a kidney ailment. Jemison owned multiple businesses. A primary source of capital was his plantations. His papers show that he owned…
Wm L Yancey
Wm L Yancey
Portrait of John C. Calhoun. Yancey was critical of Calhoun in the 1830s, but he was fully supportive of Calhoun's defense of Southern institutions by
Portrait of John C. Calhoun. Yancey was critical of Calhoun in the 1830s, but he was fully supportive of Calhoun's defense of Southern institutions by the late 1840s.
After serving in the Alabama Legislature in the 1840s and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846, Yancey held no public office u
After serving in the Alabama Legislature in the 1840s and the United States House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846, Yancey held no public office until the Civil War.
A portrait of Lewis Cass. The nomination of Cass for the 1848 Democratic Presidential nomination on a platform of popular sovereignty led Yancey to wa
A portrait of Lewis Cass. The nomination of Cass for the 1848 Democratic Presidential nomination on a platform of popular sovereignty led Yancey to walk out of the convention.