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William Jones Lowndes (February 11, 1782 – October 27, 1822) was an American lawyer, planter, and statesman from South Carolina. He represented the state in the U.S. Congress from 1811 to May 8, 1822, when he resigned. He was the son of Rawlins Lowndes, an American Revolutionary War leader from South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Pinckney, daughter of Federalist leader Thomas Pinckney. ==Politics== William J. Lowndes first served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1804 to 1808. He was for four years Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the US House. He worked to achieve a compromise on sectional issues like tariffs and slavery. He also assisted in the creation of the second national bank. U.S. President James Madison offered Lowndes the post of Secretary of the Treasury in 1816, but Lowndes declined and Madison appointed William Harris Crawford. The South Carolina state legislature nominated Lowndes in 1821 as a Presidential candidate for the election of 1824. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Lowndes (congressman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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