William Alexander Smith

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For the founder of Boys' Brigade, see William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade); the Canadian journalist and politician Amor De Cosmos was born as "William Alexander Smith".

William Alexander Smith (January 9, 1828 – May 16, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from the state of North Carolina.

Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina and attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865 following the American Civil War. He was a member of the North Carolina State Senate in 1870. He was president of the North Carolina Railroad in 1868 and of the Yadkin River Railroad. He was elected as a Republican from the 4th District to the Forty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. Smith died in Richmond, Virginia and is interred in the city's Hollywood Cemetery.

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• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.