William Smith (congressman)

This article is about the congressman from Virginia. For other congressmen with the same name, see William Smith (disambiguation).

William Smith was an eighteenth and nineteenth century congressman from Virginia.

Born in Chesterfield, Virginia, Smith completed preparatory studies and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1782. He was elected a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1820, serving from 1821 to 1827.

External links

• William Smith (congressman) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Ballard Smith	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th congressional district March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Succeeded by Jabez Leftwich
Preceded by Thomas Newton, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 21st congressional district March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827 (obsolete district)	Succeeded by Lewis Maxwell

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