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Smith, William

congressman, was born in Chesterfield, Va. He was a representative from that state to the nineteenth congress.

Smith, William

historian, statesman, author, was born Sept. 7, 1769, in New York. He became successively clerk of the provincial parliament, master in chancery, and in 1814 secretary of state for the colonies and a member of the executive council. He published a History of Canada from Its Discovery, in two volumes. He died Dec. 17, 1847, in Canada.

Smith, William

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 8, 1697, in England. He graduated from Yale in 1719, served as tutor there for five years, and in 1724 returned to New York city and was admitted to the bar. His eloquence and address soon brought him into notice. He died Nov. 22, 1769, in New York city.

Smith, William Alden

lawyer, congressman, was born May 12, 1859, in Dowagiac, Mich. He was appointed page in the Michigan house of representatives in 1879; and was assistant secretary of the Michigan state senate in 1882. He was a member of the republican state central committee in 1888, 1890, and 1892.

He was the republican candidate for congress in the fifth congressional district in 1894 and elected, and was re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Smith, William Andrew

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 29, 1802, in Fredericksburg, Va. He was a methodist clergyman of Virginia whose Lectures the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery are considered the ablest presentation of the pro-slavery side of the question. He took an active part in the abolitionist movement; and contributed valuable articles on that question to the leading newspapers of the United States. He died March 1, 1870, in Richmond, Va.

Smith, William E

state legislator, governor, was born in 1824, in Scotland.

He was elected a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1851 and re-elected in 1871, when he was made speaker of the house. Besides holding many other offices, he has been twice elected governor of Wisconsin, in 1877 and 1879.

Smith, William Farrar

soldier, author, was born Feb. 17, 1824, in St.

Albans, Vt. He was a brevet major-general in the United States army; and resigned in 1867. He is the author of From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grant and Butler; and several other works. He has always been prominently identified with army affairs; has filled numerous public positions of honor in Wilmington, Del.; and has contributed extensively to the leading newspapers and magazines of the United States.

Smith, William H

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, governor, was born April 9, 1826, in Georgia. He moved to Alabama; and was twice elected to the legislature. He was a presidential elector in 1856; was appointed a circuit judge of the state; and in 1868 was elected governor of Alabama for the term of two years.

Smith, William Harrison

college president, was born May 10, 1848, in Furnace, Va. He is president of the Virginia Polytechnic institute of New Market, Va.

Smith, William Henry

journalist, author, was born in 1833 in Ohio. He was a journalist of Cincinnati; and subsequently collector of Chicago. He was the author of The St. Clair Papers; and Political History of the United States. He died in 1896.

Smith, William L. G

author, was born in 1814 in Vermont. He is the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin as It Is.

Smith, William Rudolph

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 31, 1787, in La Trappe, Pa. He was a Wisconsin lawyer; and the author of Observations on Wisconsin Territory, 1831; and History of Wisconsin. He died Aug. 22, 1868, in Quincy, Ill.