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  Smith, William
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameWilliam Smith
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Warrenton, Virginia , United States
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Born September 06, 1797
DiedMay 18, 1887 (89 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Apr 02, 2015 06:02pm
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InfoSMITH, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Marengo, King George County, Va., September 6, 1797; attended private schools in Virginia and Plainfield Academy in Connecticut; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., in 1818; established a line of United States mail and passenger post coaches through Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia in 1831; member of the State senate from 1836 to 1841, when he resigned; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Linn Banks to the Twenty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; moved to Fauquier County; Governor of Virginia 1846-1849, and unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate during that period; moved to California in April 1849; president of the first Democratic State convention in 1850; returned to Virginia in December 1852; elected to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1861); during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel of the Forty-ninth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, and subsequently was promoted to brigadier general and major general; served in the Confederate Congress in 1862; again Governor of Virginia in 1864; returned to his estate, “Monterosa,” near Warrenton, Va., in June 1865; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of delegates 1877-1879; died in Warrenton, Va., May 18, 1887; interment in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.

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  11/06/1861 VA CSA District 09 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/26/1859 VA District 7 Won 49.36% (+2.88%)
  05/28/1857 VA District 7 Won 57.50% (+15.00%)
  02/02/1856 US House Speaker Lost 0.13% (-13.28%)
  05/24/1855 VA District 7 Won 78.01% (+64.25%)
  05/26/1853 VA District 7 Won 51.79% (+3.58%)
  12/17/1845 VA - Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/27/1843 VA District 9 Lost 40.15% (-19.71%)
  11/30/1841 VA - District 13 Special Election Won 43.71% (+12.18%)
  04/23/1841 VA - District 13 Lost 49.92% (-0.16%)
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