William Ephraim Smith

William Ephraim Smith

William Ephraim Smith (born March 14, 1829 in Augusta , Georgia , †  March 11, 1890 in Albany , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1881 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Smith enjoyed a good education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1846, he began to work in Albany in his new profession. He also worked as a planter . Between 1858 and 1860 he was a prosecutor in the southwestern judicial district of Georgia. During the Civil War he was first lieutenant and later captain in an infantry unit from Georgia, which was subordinate to the Army of the Confederate States . Between 1864 and 1865 he was a deputy in Konföderiertenkongress in Richmond ( Virginia ). This mandate expired with the surrender of the Confederation.

In 1874 Smith turned down a proposed judge's position. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Republican Richard H. Whiteley on March 4, 1875 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1881 . During this time, the end of the reconstruction in the southern states .

For the elections of 1880 Smith declined to run again. As a result, he worked again as a lawyer. In 1886 he was President of the Georgia Regional Democratic Party Convention; between 1886 and 1888 he was a member of the State Senate . William Smith died on March 11, 1890 in Albany and was buried there.

Web links

• William Ephraim Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Ephraim Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)