MCWILLIE, WILLIAM, a Representative from Mississippi;
born in Kershaw District, S.C., November 17, 1795;
served in the War of 1812 as adjutant in his father's regiment;
was graduated from South Carolina College in 1817;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Camden, S.C.;
president of the Camden Bank in 1836;
member of the State senate 1836-1840;
moved to Madison County, Miss., in September 1845 and engaged in planting;
elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851);
chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Thirty-first Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress;
Governor of Mississippi 1858-1860;
active in the support of the Confederacy;
died on his estate ``Kirkwood,'' Madison County, Miss., March 3, 1869;
interment in St. Philip's Churchyard.
