Richmond County GaArchives Biographies.....Schley, William December 10 1786 - November 20 1850 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 20, 2004, 1:00 am Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I, Atlanta, Ga. Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895 Page 233 William Schley, Governor (1835-1837), was born in the city of Frederick, Md., Dec. 10, 1786. His education was acquired in the academies at Louisville and Augusta, Ga. He was admitted to the bar in 1812, and continued the practice of law until 1825, when he was elected judge of the superior court of the middle division of Georgia, the duties of which he ably discharged until 1828. In 1830 he was elected a member of the legislature from Richmond County, and in 1832 was elected a member of congress. In 1835 he was elected governor of Georgia. During his administration the Creek War broke out, and in his first message to the legislature, in 1836, he strongly recommended the construction of the Western & Atlantic railroad. Mr. Schley was a public-spirited citizen in every relation and a man of advanced ideas. He was a prominent democrat, believing in the strictest construction of the United States constitution, and the withholding of all powers from congress, which were not expressly delegated to it. He died at Augusta, Ga., Nov. 20, 1850. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/richmond/bios/bs252schley.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb