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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasWilliam Smith HERNDON
(1835-1903)
HERNDON, William Smith, a
Representative from Texas; born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga.,
November 27, 1835; moved to Wood County, Tex., in May 1852;
attended the common schools and was graduated from McKenzie College
in 1859; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced
practice in Tyler, Smith County, Tex.; served in the Confederate
Army from 1861 to 1865 and attained the rank of captain; resumed
the practice of law in Tyler; attorney, executive adviser, and
general solicitor for numerous railroad companies 1868-1881;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and Forty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; again engaged
in the practice of law in Tyler, Tex., engaged in railroad
construction; died in Albuquerque, N.Mex., October 11, 1903;
interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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