William H. Smathers

William H. Smathers


United States Senator from New Jersey
In office January 3, 1937^[1] – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	William W. Barbour
Succeeded by	Albert W. Hawkes
Member of the New Jersey Senate from Atlantic County
In office 1935–1938
Preceded by	Emerson Lewis Richards
Succeeded by	Thomas D. Taggart

Personal details
Born	William Howell Smathers (1891-01-07)January 7, 1891 Haywood County, North Carolina
Died	September 24, 1955(1955-09-24) (aged 64) Asheville, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic

William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891 – September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943.

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Biography

Smathers was born on January 7, 1891, on a plantation near Waynesville, North Carolina.

He attended public school and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Smathers was graduated from the law department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1911 and was admitted to the bar in 1912, commencing practice in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he served as a judge of the common pleas court of Atlantic City from 1922 to 1932.^[2] Additionally, he served as the first assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, from 1934 to 1936.^[2] Smathers was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 1935. He served one term in the U.S. Senate, losing his bid for reelection in 1942. He returned to his law practice in Atlantic City until his retirement to Waynesville.

He died on September 24, 1955, in Asheville, North Carolina.^[3]^[4]

Legacy

He was the uncle of Florida Senator George Smathers.

References

^ He was installed late on April 15, 1937, remaining until then a member of the state Senate, but that does not affect when his service in the U.S. Senate begins, as there is no prohibition in concurrent service in both federal and state legislatures.
^ ^a ^b US Congressional Bioguide
^ "W.H. Smathers, 64, Dies. Former U.S. Senator From N.J.". Chicago Tribune. September 25, 1955. William H. Smathers, 64, of New Jersey died in a hospital here today. He was an uncle of Sen. George Smathers, Florida Democrat. Smathers, a Democrat. ...
^ "W. H. Smathers, Ex-Senator, Dies. Jersey Democrat From 1937 to 1943. Served State Legislator and Jurist". New York Times. September 25, 1955. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

External links

United States Congress. "William H. Smathers (id: S000506)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
William H. Smathers at Find a Grave

Party political offices
Preceded by Percy H. Stewart	Democratic Nominee for the U.S. Senate (Class 2) from New Jersey 1936, 1942	Succeeded by Archibald S. Alexander
U.S. Senate
Preceded by W. Warren Barbour	U.S. senator (Class 2) from New Jersey January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 Served alongside: A. Harry Moore, John G. Milton, W. Warren Barbour	Succeeded by Albert W. Hawkes

v t e United States senators from New Jersey
Class 1	Elmer Rutherfurd Davenport Schureman Ogden Condit Lambert Wilson Southard McIlvaine Bateman Dickerson Southard W. Dayton R. F. Stockton Thomson Field J. Wall Wright F. T. Frelinghuysen J. Stockton Randolph Sewell Blodgett J. Smith J. Kean Martine J. Frelinghuysen Edwards H. Kean Moore Milton Barbour Walsh A. Smith Williams Brady Lautenberg Corzine Menendez
Class 2	Paterson Dickinson F. Frelinghuysen R. Stockton J. Dayton Kitchell Condit Dickerson T. Frelinghuysen G. Wall Miller Wright Ten Eyck J. Stockton Cattell F. T. Frelinghuysen McPherson Sewell Dryden Briggs Hughes Baird Edge Baird Jr. Morrow Barbour Smathers Hawkes Hendrickson Case Bradley Torricelli Lautenberg Chiesa Booker

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