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Charles Aurelius Smith
91st Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 14, 1915 January 19, 1915
Lieutenant None
Preceded by Coleman Livingston Blease
Succeeded by Richard Irvine Manning III
67th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
January 17, 1911 January 14, 1915
Governor Coleman Livingston Blease
Preceded by Thomas Gordon McLeod
Succeeded by Andrew J. Bethea
Member of the South Carolina House of
Representatives from Florence County
In office
January 12, 1909 January 10, 1911
Personal details
Born January 22, 1861
Hertford County, North Carolina
Died April 1, 1916 (aged 55)
Baltimore, Maryland
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Fannie L. Byrd
Alma mater Wake Forest University
Profession Businessman, Banker
Religion Baptist
Charles Aurelius Smith
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Aurelius Smith (January 22, 1861 April 1,
1916) was the 91st Governor of South Carolina from
January 14, 1915, to January 19, 1915. His term of five
days stands as the shortest for any governor in South
Carolina.
Born on January 22, 1861, in Hertford County, North
Carolina, Smith attended Wake Forest University and
graduated in 1882. He moved to Timmonsville, South
Carolina, the following year and began pursuing banking
and business interests, eventually becoming the president
of several banks in South Carolina. In addition, Smith
served as president of the South Carolina Baptist
Association and was a trustee of Furman University and
Greenville Women's College.
[1]
Smith was elected to the South Carolina House of
Representatives in 1908 and was elected the 67th
Lieutenant Governor two years later in 1911. Governor
Cole Blease resigned five days before the end of his
second term on January 14, 1915, so that he did not have
to attend the inauguration of Richard Irvine Manning
III.
[2]
Smith succeeded to the governorship and only
performed ceremonial functions during his five days in
office.
After serving as governor, Smith moved to Baltimore
where he died on April 1, 1916. He was buried at Byrd
Cemetery in Timmonsville and a large monument marks
his grave.
He and his wife, Fannie L. Byrd, had nine children. Smith
was a baptist.
His home at Timmonsville, the Smith-Cannon House, was
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1983.
[3]
References
1. ^ Charles A. Smith, National Governors Association
(http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?
vgnextoid=1fff5e82a858a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD/)
2. ^ Charles Aurelius Smith, Find a Grave, April 4, 2008 (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?
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2. ^ Charles Aurelius Smith, Find a Grave, April 4, 2008 (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?
page=gr&GRid=25743951/). Findagrave.com. Retrieved on September 22, 2011.
3. ^ "National Register Information System" (http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html). National Register
of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
External links
SCIway Biography of Charles Aurelius Smith (http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/smith.html)
NGA Biography of Charles Aurelius Smith
(http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?
vgnextoid=1fff5e82a858a010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010V
gnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD)
Political offices
Preceded by
Coleman L. Blease
Governor of South Carolina
1915
Succeeded by
Richard Irvine Manning III
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