William H. Smathers
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birthname = William Howell Smathers
| image = Senator William H. Smathers (1937) (cropped).jpg
| jr/sr1 = United States Senator
| state1 = New Jersey
| term_start1 = January 3, 1937He 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.
| term_end1 = January 3, 1943
| predecessor1 = William W. Barbour
| successor1 = Albert W. Hawkes
| office2 = Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Atlantic County
| term_start2 = 1935
| term_end2 = April 15, 1937
| predecessor2 = Emerson Lewis Richards
| successor2 = Thomas D. Taggart
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|1|7}}
| birth_place = Haywood County, North Carolina, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|9|24|1891|1|7}}
| death_place = Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
| party = Democratic
| caption = Smathers in 1937
}}
William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891{{spaced ndash}}September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943.
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.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000506 US Congressional Bioguide] Additionally, he served as the first assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, from 1934 to 1936. 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.{{cite news |title=W.H. Smathers, 64, Dies. Former U.S. Senator From N.J. |quote=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. ... |work=Chicago Tribune |date=September 25, 1955 }}{{cite news |title=W. H. Smathers, Ex-Senator, Dies. Jersey Democrat From 1937 to 1943. Served State Legislator and Jurist |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1955/09/25/archives/w-h-s1viathers-eisator-dies-jersey-democratfro-m-1937-to-1943.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 25, 1955 |access-date=2016-01-13 }}
Legacy
He was the uncle of Florida Senator George Smathers.
References
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|7803071}}
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Category:People from Haywood County, North Carolina
Category:Democratic Party New Jersey state senators
Category:Politicians from Atlantic City, New Jersey
Category:Democratic Party United States senators from New Jersey
Category:Washington and Lee University alumni
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni