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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam Howell SMATHERS
(1891-1955)
Senate Years of Service:
1937-1943Party: DemocratSMATHERS, William Howell,
(uncle of George Armistead Smathers), a Senator from New Jersey;
born on a plantation near Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C.,
January 7, 1891; attended the public schools and Washington and Lee
University, Lexington, Va.; graduated from the law department of
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1911; admitted
to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Atlantic City, N.J.;
judge of the common pleas court of Atlantic City, N.J., 1922-1932;
member of the State supreme court commission since 1923; special
master in chancery in 1924; first assistant attorney general of New
Jersey 1934-1936; elected to the State senate in 1935; elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate for the term beginning January
3, 1937, but was not sworn in until April 15, 1937, being a member
of the State senate until that time, and served until January 3,
1943; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942; engaged in the
practice of law in Atlantic City, N.J., until his retirement;
returned to Waynesville, N.C., where he resided until his death in
Asheville, N.C., September 24, 1955; interment in Green Hill
Cemetery, Waynesville, N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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