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Yancey, William Lowndes

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Yancey, William Lowndes (1814-1863)

US representative and diplomat. He is largely credited with shaping southern public opinion to favour secession. Born in Ogeechee, Georgia, he was a leading Alabama lawyer who resigned after an unsatisfying congressional term as a Democrat (1844-46) to promote his unyielding views on states' rights and secession across the South. He died in office as a Confederate senator (1862-63).
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