| LC control no. | nr 92018359 |
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| Personal name heading | Smith, William, 1797-1887 |
| Variant(s) | Smith, Wm. (William), 1797-1887 Smith, Mr. (William), 1797-1887 Smith, "Extra Billy", 1797-1887 |
| See also | Virginia. Governor (1864-1865 : Smith) Virginia. Governor (1846-1849 : Smith) |
| Found in | Giddings, J.R. Personal explanation, 1854: t.p. (Mr. Smith of Virginia) Biog. direct. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Smith, William; representative from Virginia; served in Confederate Army and Confederate Congress; Governor of Virginia, 1846-49 and 1864; b. 9/6/1797; d. 5/18/1887) NUC pre-1856 (Smith, William, 1797-1887) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Smith, William, 1797-1887; usage: William Smith; Mr. Smith; Wm. Smith) DAB, vol. XVII: p. 361 (Smith, William, Sept. 6, 1797-May 18, 1887; in 1827 he organized mail-coach service from Fairfax Court House to Culpeper Court House, and by 1834 had est. daily post service from Washington, D.C. to Milledgeville, Ga. From the rapid extension of his mail service and the frequent extra payments he received from the Post Office Dept., came the sobriquet, "Extra Billy Smith," bestowed on him by Sen. Benjamin Watkins Leigh of Va. in the course of an attack on Postmaster-General William T. Barry) Virginia. General Assembly. Executive Dept., Richmond, 1847 (name not given) |
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