Sunday, December 18, 2022

Democratic Party of Caswell County in Late 1830s

Prominent members of the Democratic Party of Caswell County in the late 1830s. This was the party of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The opposing party at the time was the Whig Party (established in 1834 in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson).

The Caswell County newspaper of the time that supported the Democratic Party was The Milton Spectator

Quinton Anderson
William D. Bethell
John C. Brown
Captain Thomas J. Brown
William Brown

Henry Cobb
Calvin Graves
General Barzillai Graves
General Thomas W. Graves
Littleton A. Gwynn

Zera Gwynn
Edward M. Jones
Colonel James K. Lea
Major W. A. Lea
Colonel William Lea

Hiram Lockard
Dr. John B. McMullen
Abner Miles
Samuel Moore
John S. Oglesby

Dabney Rainey
Thomas J. Reid
William Russell
Richard I. Smith
Nicholas Thompson

Dr. Levi Walker
George Williamson
Dr. James E. Williamson

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