Elected to the US Senate in 1823, he soon became a prominent spokesman for the South and the states'  rights doctrine.
Elected to the US Senate in 1823, he soon became a prominent spokesman for the South and the states'  rights doctrine. In 1832, he resigned from the Senate over the nullification debate; that year, he became governor of [*] South Carolina. For 10 points—name this politician who, in 1830, debated Daniel Webster.
Elected to the US Senate in 1823, he soon became a prominent spokesman for the South and the states'  rights doctrine.
Robert Young Hayne