William Alexander Smith
U.S. Congressperson
1828 – 1888
Who was William Alexander Smith?
William Alexander Smith was a U.S. Representative from the state of North Carolina.
Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina and attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865 following the American Civil War. He was a member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1870. He was president of the North Carolina Railroad in 1868 and of the Yadkin River Railroad. He was elected as a Republican from the 4th District to the Forty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. Smith died in Richmond, Virginia and is interred in the city's Hollywood Cemetery.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1828
North Carolina - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 16, 1888
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on July 23, 2013
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