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Robert Young Hayne, Senator , Sr

Robert Young Hayne, Senator , Sr

Male 1791 - 1839  (47 years)


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  • Name Robert Young Hayne  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Title Senator 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 11 Nov 1791  Colleton, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Captain, War of 1812 
    FSID KVGM-TTL 
    Death 24 Sep 1839  Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 8] 
    Burial Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I8873  footsteps | Hayne, Bruce, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father William Edward Hayne, Colonel ,   b. 2 Feb 1766, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1817, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Peronneau,   b. 8 Sep 1766, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1 Jul 1841, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 Apr 1786  Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5011  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Brewton Alston,   b. 7 Feb 1792, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1853, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 31 May 1820  Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Alston Hayne, Colonel , Sr.,   b. 25 Apr 1821, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1901, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Arthur Perroneau Hayne, Doctor ,   b. 30 Sep 1822, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1888, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Family 2 Frances Henrietta L Pinckney,   b. Abt 1790, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1818, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage Nov 1813  Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Young Hayne, Jr,   b. 7 Aug 1814, Colleton, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1841 (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. William C. Hayne,   b. Abt 1816, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Jackson City Cemetery, Jackson, Butts, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Frances Henrietta Hayne,   b. 1 Jul 1818, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1875, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F19010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1791 - Colleton, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Nov 1813 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 May 1820 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Sep 1839 - Charleston, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Charleston, South Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Robert Young Hayne b. 1791 young    		Robert Young Hayne b. 1791 young
    Robert Young Hayne    		Robert Young Hayne

  • Notes 
    • Robert Young Hayne (November 10, 1791-September 24, 1839) was an American political leader.

      Born in St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District, South Carolina, Hayne studied law in the office of Langdon Cheves in Charleston, South Carolina, and in November 1812 was admitted to the bar there, soon obtaining a large practice. For a short time during the War of 1812 against Great Britain, he was captain in the Third South Carolina Regiment. He was a member of the lower house of the South Carolina state legislature from 1814 to 1818, serving as Speaker of the House in the later year; was attorney-general of the state from 1818 to 1822, and in 1823 was elected, as a Democrat, to the United States Senate.

      Hayne was considered a conspicuously ardent free-trader and an uncompromising advocate of States Rights. He opposed the protectionist tariff bill of 1824 and 1828, and consistently upheld the doctrine that slavery was a domestic institution and should be dealt with only by the individual states. In one of his speeches opposing the sending by the United States of representatives to the Panama Congress, he said, "The moment the federal government shall make the unhallowed attempt to interfere with the domestic concerns of the states, those states will consider themselves driven from the Union."

      In 1828, in response to the changing economic landscape in Massachusetts (there was a shift towards the manufacturing sector), Daniel Webster backed a high-tariff bill that would preserve manufacturing interest in Massachusetts. This angered Southern leaders and brought Webster into dispute with South Carolina's Robert Young Hayne, later evolving to what would be the Webster-Hayne debate.

      Hayne vigorously opposed the Tariff of 1832, was a member of the South Carolina Nullification Convention of November 1832, and reported the ordinance of nullification passed by that body on the November 24. After resigning from the Senate in 1832. In 1832, he was elected the 54th South Carolina Governor and served until 1834. After his term he was Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, (1835-37) and was president of the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Railroad, until his death.

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Find A Grave Index.
      "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysear c h . o r g/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV4-DBM8 : 26 July 2019), Robert Young Hayne, 18 3 9 ; B u r ial, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of Am e r i c a , Saint Michaels Church Cemetery; cit

    2. [S306] New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970.
      "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, Famil y S e a r ch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLY2-1NKK : 3 Octo b e r 2 0 1 9), Robert Haine in entry for Robert Haine, ; citing Birth, Suss e x , N e w J ersey, United States, Archdiocese

    3. [S420] United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783.
      "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775- 1 7 8 3 , " database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch. o r g / a rk:/61903/1:1:7FZC-P92M : 1 March 2021), Robert Y Hayne, 1791; cit i n g M i l itary Service, South Carolina, Unit

    4. [S424] United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q59D-X556 : 18 July 2020), Senator Robert Y Hayne in entry for Judge Hayne, 1903.

    5. [S424] United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q599-JR8N : 18 July 2020), Robert Y Hayne in entry for Mr Stephen Duncan Hayne, 1926.

    6. [S428] South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935, "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NB-6M4 : 22 January 2020), Robert Haine in entry for Robert Haine, 1814.

    7. [S523] South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913, "South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XK-LG3 : 27 January 2020), Robert Y. Haine, 1813.

    8. [S25] Jim Lightfoot (lightfoot@tenthgen.com).

    9. [S439] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 376.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF.


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