William C. Preston
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United States senator (1794-1860)
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William C. Preston appears in Vinony's U.S. Senators collection — one of 2,034 entries.
Vinony's link graph records 223 inbound references to William C. Preston, and connects out to Stephen Decatur Miller, United States and Europe.
It is catalogued under topics including 1794 births, 1860 deaths and 19th-century American lawyers.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Columbia
- Father
- Francis Preston
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party
- Whig Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- William C. Preston - Brady-Handy.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- name in native language
- William C. Preston
- date of birth
- 1794-12-27
- date of death
- 1860-05-22
- Commons category
- William C. Preston
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Categories
1794 births1860 deaths19th-century American lawyers19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly19th-century United States senatorsAlumni of the University of EdinburghMembers of the South Carolina House of RepresentativesNullifier Party politiciansNullifier Party United States senatorsPoliticians from PhiladelphiaPresidents of the University of South CarolinaPreston family (Virginia)South Carolina lawyersSouth Carolina WhigsUnited States senators from South CarolinaUniversity of South Carolina alumniWhig Party United States senators