william grayson

This article is about the U.S. Senator from Virginia. See also William John Grayson.

William Grayson (1740 - 12 March 1790) was an American politician of the Anti-Federalist faction. Grayson was born in Virginia in 1740. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, studying classics. He practiced law in Dumfries, Virginia until the American Revolutionary War began. Serving as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, Grayson rose to the rank of colonel. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1787. He was then appointed to the United States Senate, and served from 4 March 1789 until his death on 12 March 1790. Grayson, William Grayson, William Grayson, William Grayson, William Grayson, William

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