William Smith (South Carolina politician, born 1751)
William Smith (September 20, 1751 – June 22, 1837) was a U.S. congressman, state senator and judge from South Carolina.[1]
This article is about the congressman from South Carolina. For other people with the same name, see William Smith (disambiguation).
William Smith
September 20, 1751
Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
June 22, 1837 (aged 85)
Spartanburg District, South Carolina, U.S.
United States
Smith was born in Bucks County in the Province of Pennsylvania, the oldest son of Ralph Smith and Mercy Penquite Smith. He moved to what became Spartanburg District, South Carolina with his family in 1765, where he became a planter. He fought in the Revolutionary War and served as a county judge from 1785 to 1797. He served in the South Carolina Senate from the Spartanburg District from 1790 to 1796 and was later elected a Democratic-Republican to the fifth congress serving from 1797 to 1799. He was elected back to the South Carolina Senate serving from 1810 to 1818. He died in the Spartanburg District in 1837.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress