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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William N.H. Smith |
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Murfreesboro, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 24, 1812
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| Died | November 14, 1889
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SMITH, William Nathan Harrell, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Murfreesboro, N.C., September 24, 1812; attended the common schools in Murfreesboro, N.C., Kingston, R.I., and Colchester and East Lyme, Conn.; was graduated from Yale College in 1834 and from Yale Law School in 1836; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Murfreesboro, N.C., in 1839; held several local offices.
NC House (W-Wake) 1840, 1858, 1865, and 1866
NC Senate (W-Wake) 1848
Solicitor of the first judicial district of North Carolina for eight years.
U.S. House (ID-NC) 1859-1861; unsuccessful candidate for Speaker, lacking one vote of election.
CS House (Cf-NC) 1862-1865.
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention at New York City in 1868.
Chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court 1878-1889.
Died in Raleigh, N.C., November 14, 1889; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Photo source: Samuel A. Ashe, "Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present" (1908), vol. 1, p. 428. |
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