SMITH, William Alexander, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Warren County, N.C., January 9, 1828; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State senate in 1870; president of the North Carolina Railroad in 1868 and of the Yadkin River Railroad; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); died in Richmond, Va., May 16, 1888; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)

 

SMITH, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 9, 1828, in Warren County, North Carolina. He was a member of the secession convention of North Carolina in 1861. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1864; was a member of the constitutional convention in 1865; and was a member of the state senate in 1870. He was president of the North Carolina railroad, and of the Yadkin River railroad; and was a representative from North Carolina to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Source: Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack.