William Gray

William Gray
 			
Senator From Kentucky 			
Term: March 4, 1811 - November 11th, 1817			
Preceded By: John Adair 			
Succeeded By: N/A 			
Personal Details 			
Born: January 12th, 1746 			
Death: November 11th, 1817 (71) 			
State: Kentucky 			
Party: Patriot 			
Spouse: None 			
Children: None 			
Family: Gray Family 			
William Gray is a politician who served in Early 1800's in Kentucky. He served as Senator from 1811 to his death in late 1817.
==Political Career==
===Campaign For Senator===
Gray would announce his campaign for senator in 1809, he would give pro-secession speeches and anti-Peoples Labour party and anti-Constitutional Democrats speeches saying they had ruined the south by taking southern property which destroyed the southern economy. During one of his speeches in South Carolina, a man named John Harrison criticized him during his pro secession speech, Gray would argue with him for a small time but then leaving offstage. He would then campaign in Kentucky and Tennessee during the year of 1810 for himself and other patriot candidates. During late 1810, he would give a speech in Frankfort Kentucky, John Harrison was in the crowd and after giving the speech. Harrison would say "The Democrats are good people, unlike you loser, you know what? I'm tired of you." before grabbing his gun and attempting to shoot Gray twice both missing him, Harrison would get tackled and then shot by a Klansmen getting shot twice in the head and dying. Gray would flee offstage, after the shots.
===Senator===
After becoming a Senator he would run for President Pro Tempore but would loose on the final round of voting he only had 2 votes in total. During the end of his first term as Senator, William Aubrey and James Madison tried to Expulse him but it failed to a 8-12 vote. During his time in the Senate he proposed Mississippi statehood, Commandment Amendment and the army act.
===1812 Presidental Run===
Gray would announce his presidential run in 1811 for President, he mostly campaigned down in the south. He tried to get a unite ticket with the democratic-republicans but due to not enough communications they were unable to. He would also never pick a vice presidential pick as most of his patriot party members did not know who to pick as a nomination for vice president, he would only get 2 electors at the end of the 1812 Election, which would go to congress.
==Duels==
===Banks III Duel===
In 1817, after delivering a speech in DC supporting the death of William Aubrey , Jonathan Banks III would then challenge Gray to a duel. Gray would accept and they would meet in Richmond in 1817, Banks III would lose the duel, but his sister Anna Banks tried to shoot and kill Gray but would miss twice, but she would never be identified as the killer.
==Personal Life==
William Gray was born to a wealthy plantation family who lived in Rural North Carolina, he would live on the plantation till he turned 19 years old getting his own place in North Carolina where he would live till moving to Kentucky it is unclear the exact year he moved to Kentucky though it was after American revolutionary war when the territory was gained. Gray would die in his Kentucky home in late 1817 after falling down the stairs where he would have a panic attack and choked on his spit to death.