<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMcIver wazalwa ngo - September 25, 1826, eduze neSociety Hill, eNingizimu Carolina ku - Alexander McIver noMary Hanford McIver. Umkhulu wakhe kwakunguKaputeni uWilliam Dewitt. Wathuthela eCheraw, eSouth Carolina ngo-1836 nomndeni wakhe. Ngo-1846, waphothula izifundo zakhe eSouth Carolina College manje eyi-University of South Carolina. Wafunda umthetho noyise ngemuva kokuphothula ekolishi, futhi wamukelwa ukuba asebenze njengommeli ngoDisemba 1847. Washada noCaroline H. Powe ngoJuni 7, 1849. Lapho ubaba kaMcIver eshona ngoJulayi 1850, uMbusi uWhitemarsh B. Seabrook waqoka uMcIver ukuthi aqedele isikhathi sikayise njengo-solicitor umshushisi wesifunda esempumalanga yombuso. Ekupheleni kwethemu, uMcIver akazange agijime isikhathi esigcwele; kodwa-ke, owalandela yena washona ehhovisi, futhi uMcIver waphinde waqokwa ukuba aqede isikhathi esisele. Ekupheleni kwaleso sikhathi sesibili, uMcIver wakhethwa ukuba aqhubeke nesikhathi esigcwele. Waqhubeka ekhethwa kabusha kulesi sikhundla kwaze kwaba ngo-1868 lapho esuswa esikhundleni njengengxenye ye-Reconstruction. UMcIver, omele isiFunda saseChesterfield, wayephakathi kwabasayina i-Ordinance of Secession yaseNingizimu Carolina ngoDisemba 1860. Kamuva wakhonza njengokaputeni e-4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment futhi walimala kanzima empini yaseHaws Shop  <response>: , Va., wabe esebuyela emkhakheni wakhe wezomthetho ngemva kweMpi Yombango. NgoMeyi 19, 1877, wakhethwa njengomahluleli ohlangene weNkantolo Ephakeme yaseNingizimu Carolina ukugcwalisa isikhathi esingakaqediwe seJaji u-Ammiel J. Willard owayesebe yijaji elikhulu lale nkantolo. UMkhandlu-jikelele wakhetha uMcIver ngazwi linye ukuba athathe isikhundla esigcwele ngoDisemba 1879. Wasebenza kulesosikhundla waze wakhethwa futhi wafunga ngokushesha njengojaji omkhulu ngoDisemba 1, 1891, esikhundleni sikaJaji Omkhulu uWilliam D. Simpson. 