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Smith, William (Lawyer state legislator)

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born Sept. 6, 1797, in Virginia. In 1836 he was elected to the state legislature; and was re-elected in 1840. He was a representative in congress during the term of 1842 and 1843; and in 1845 he was elected governor of Virginia for three years. In 1853 he was again elected a representative in congress, in which position he continued until the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861. He subsequently served as a brigadier-general in the Virginia army, and was wounded at Antietam. He died May 18, 1887, in Warrenton, Va.