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    Ellison DuRant Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was an American cotton planter, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who represented South...
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    Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election...
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  • Challenger Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), American politician Ellison G. Smith (1854–1935), a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. Ellison Capers, Confederate...
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    A deadlock in the Congress was broken when South Carolina Senator Ellison D. Smith sponsored the National Defense Act of 1916 that directed "the Secretary...
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    his prospects for a third term by his opposition to the appointment of H. Smith Woolley, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (many...
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    the death of Ellison D. Smith and served until January 3, 1945. Hall was not a candidate for election to the full term; in fact, Smith had already been...
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    Carter Glass, Pat Harrison, Rush Holt Sr., Kenneth McKellar, and Ellison D. Smith were the conservative Democratic senators that opposed Roosevelt's...
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    South Carolina Democratic politicians, such as Benjamin Tillman and Ellison D. Smith, proudly claimed their association in their youth with the Red Shirts...
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    UT 1931–1933 1903 William Edgar Borah Republican ID 1933–1940 1907 Ellison D. Smith Democratic SC 1940–1944 1909 Kenneth McKellar Democratic TN 1944–1953...
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  • Republican presidential candidate in 1940; supported Roosevelt 1941–43 Ellison D. Smith, Democratic Senator from North Carolina, Roosevelt tried to defeat...
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