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William Jordan Graves

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Birthplace: New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 27, 1848 (42-43)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Graves and Lydia Ann Graves
Husband of Emily Graves
Father of Isham Henderson Graves; William Preston Graves and Harriet Henderson Osborne
Brother of Jane Young King

Occupation: Politician, duelist
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About Rep. William J. Graves (W-KY)

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William Jordan Graves (1805 – September 27, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Graves was born in New Castle, Kentucky, and pursued an academic course early in life, choosing to study law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Kentucky before serving as member of the State house of representatives in 1834. Graves was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1841).

He engaged in a duel at the Bladensburg dueling grounds on the Marlboro Road in Maryland with Congressman Jonathan Cilley in 1838. Graves was a stand-in for New York newspaper editor James Webb, whom Cilley had called corrupt. Cilley was inexperienced with guns, and Graves was allowed to use a powerful rifle. A shot to an artery in Cilley's leg caused him to bleed to death in ninety seconds. This duel prompted passage of a congressional act of February 20, 1839, prohibiting the giving or accepting, within the District of Columbia, of challenges to a duel.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1843. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, September 27, 1848. He was interred in the private burial grounds at his former residence in Henry County, Kentucky.

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Rep. William J. Graves (W-KY)'s Timeline

1805
1805
Birth of Rep. William J. Graves (W-KY)
New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, United States
1828
1828
Birth of Isham Henderson Graves
1834
1834
Birth of Harriet Henderson Osborne
1841
1841
Birth of William Preston Graves
1848
September 27, 1848
Age 43
Death of Rep. William J. Graves (W-KY)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
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Burial of Rep. William J. Graves (W-KY)
Jordan-Graves Family Burial Ground, New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, United States
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