Sir William Smith - United States politicians, Other politicians, Other persons

Businessman, and founder of the Boys' Brigade, born near Thurso, Highland, N Scotland, UK. An active worker in the Free College Church, Glasgow, and a member of the Lanarkshire Volunteers from 1874, he was well embarked on a successful career in commerce when he began his movement for ‘the advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys’ in 1883. The organization instilled habits of discipline, provided recreation through camps and other pursuits, and was firmly based on Christian principles. By 1897 the movement had spread to every continent.

William Smith is the name of:

United States politicians

William Smith (Maryland) (1728–1814), United States representative from Maryland (1789–1791) William Smith (South Carolina representative) (1751–1837), United States representative from South Carolina (1797–1798) William Stephens Smith (1755–1816), United States representative from New York (1813–1816) William Loughton Smith (1758–1812), United States representative from South Carolina (1789–1798) William Smith (South Carolina senator) (1762–1840), United States senator from South Carolina (1815–1830) William Smith (Virginia), United States representative from Virginia (1821–1827) William “Extra Billy” Smith (1797–1887), Governor of Virginia (1846–1849, 1864–1865) and Confederate general William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812–1889), United States representative from North Carolina (1859–1860) William Russell Smith (1815–1896), United States representative from Alabama (1851–1856) William Jay Smith (Tennessee representative) (1823–1913), United States representative from Tennessee (1869–1870) William E. Smith (1824–1883), Governor of Wisconsin (1878–1882) William Hugh Smith (1826–1899), Governor of Alabama (1868–1870) William Alexander Smith (1828–1888), United States representative from North Carolina (1873–1874) William Ephraim Smith (1829–1890), Confederate (1863–1865) and United States (1875–1881) representative from Georgia William Alden Smith (1859–1932), United States representative (1895–1906) and senator (1905–1918) from Michigan William Orlando Smith (1859–1932), United States representative from Pennsylvania (1903–1906) William Robert Smith (1863–1924), United States representative from Texas (1903–1916) William French Smith (1917–1990), United States Attorney General (1981–1985)

Other politicians

William Smith (abolitionist) (1756–1835), dissenter and British M.P. Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Other persons

William Smyth (1460–1514), English Bishop of Lincoln William Smith (poet) (15??-16??), English poet William Smith (1697–1769), father of John Smith, Doctor Thomas Smith, Joshua Hett Smith, and Chief Justice William Smith William Smith (scholar) (1711–1787), classical scholar and Dean of Chester William Smith (chief justice) (1728–1793), historian, Chief Justice of the Province of New York, and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec and later Lower Canada William Smith (geologist) (1769–1839) William Smith (mariner) (born c. Smith (boxer), South African boxer of the 1920s William Smith (shearer) (1896–1947), perhaps the most skilled sheep-shearer in the first half of the 20th century William Smith (boxer) (born 1920) William Smith (actor) (born 1934) William Jay Smith (born 1918), American poet William Smith (swimmer), two-time gold medalist in the 1948 Olympic games William John Smith (born 1942), a.k.a.