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SMITH, William Nathan Harrell, jurist, born in Murfreesborough, North Carolina, 24 September, 1812. He was graduated at Yale in 1834, studied at the law department there, was admitted to practice in his native state in 1840, and took high rank at the bar. He served in the legislature in 1840, and in the state senate in 1848, in which year he was chosen solicitor for the 1st judicial circuit, and held office for two terms of eight, years, lie was defeated as a Whig candidate for congress in 1856, returned to the legislature, was chosen to congress in 1858, and served one term. He declared himself for secession at the beginning' of the civil war, was a member of the Confederate congress in 1861-'5, and of the North Carolina legislature in the latter year. During the administration of President Johnson he aided in the reconstruction of the state according to the policy that he suggested. He practised his profession in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1870-'2, returned to North Carolina in the latter year, and settled in Raleigh. He was appointed chief justice of the state supreme court, succeeding Richmond W. Pearson in 1878, and has served by re-election since that date.
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