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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Haywood County, N.C.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Smathers</b> — of Margate City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Born near Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-born.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-07.html">January 7, 1891</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1922; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Atlantic County, 1935-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1937-43; defeated, 1942. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/09-24.html">September 24, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 260 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Smathers and Laura (Howell) Smathers; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Syd Brady; married to Mary Jane Foley; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#243.62.42">George Armistead Smathers</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#464.68.45">Bruce Armistead Smathers</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11029.html">Smathers family</a> of Miami, Florida.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000506">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409993">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Thomas Crawford (1856-1913)</b> — also known as <b>William T. Crawford</b> — of Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-lived.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C. Born near Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-born.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/06-01.html">June 1, 1856</a>. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1891-95, 1899-1900, 1907-09 (9th District 1891-95, 1899-1900, 10th District 1907-09). Died in Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-died.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/11-16.html">November 16, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 168 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000896">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403008">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Montraville Moody (1858-1903)</b> — also known as <b>James M. Moody</b> — of Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-lived.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C. Born in North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/index.html">1858</a>. Republican. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1890; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 9th District, 1901-03; died in office 1903. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/02-05.html">February 5, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">about 44 years</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000880">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407852">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward John Robeson Jr. (1890-1966)</b> — also known as <b>Edward J. Robeson, Jr.</b> — of Warwick (now part of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-lived.html">Newport News</a>), Va. Born in Waynesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HY-born.html">Haywood County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/08-09.html">August 9, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 1st District, 1950-59. Died in Pascagoula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/03-10.html">March 10, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 213 days</a>). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000329">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409300">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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