Schley COUNTY, GA - BIOS   Schley, William (1786-1850)

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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.