United States senator Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839), a notable defender of the Southern states'-rights position, distinguished himself in the 1830 Senate debates on the nature of the Union.Robert Hay...
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Robert Hayne was born on a rice plantation in South Carolina on November 10, 1791. He Grew up and studied law, he was admitted to the bar just before he was even 21. In 1814 he was elected as a Jeffer...
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