William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814 – July 27, 1863) was an American politician in the Antebellum South. As an influential "Fire-Eater", he defended...

a platform dispute, led by the extreme pro-slavery "Fire-Eater" William Lowndes Yancey and the Alabama delegation: following them were the entire delegations...

The William Lowndes Yancey Law Office is located at the corner of Washington and Perry Streets in Montgomery, Alabama. It served as the law offices for...

such men as Edmund Ruffin, Robert Rhett, Louis T. Wigfall, and William Lowndes Yancey, this group was dubbed "Fire-Eaters" by Northerners. At an 1850...

businessman William Lowndes Yancey (1814–1863), Alabama politician who supported secession Yancey Arias (born 1971), American actor Yancey McGill (born...

indicated before the name. Alabama 1. Clement Claiborne Clay 3. William Lowndes Yancey (died on July 23, 1863) Robert Jemison Jr. (took his seat on December...

In a Senate debate, Benjamin H. Hill threw an inkstand at William Lowndes Yancey, and Yancey and Edward A. Pollard had such fierce attacks on one another...

the role of slavery as an economic institution. In October 1860 William Lowndes Yancey, a leading advocate of secession, placed the value of Southern-held...

travel up the Coosa as far as Rome, Georgia. One famous resident was William Lowndes Yancey, a firebrand newspaper editor and statesman who was an influential...

play a prominent role on the national stage. Montgomery resident William Lowndes Yancey served in both houses of the Alabama State Legislature and in the...