Ellison D. Smith

Ellison DuRant Cotton Ed Smith was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virulently racist and segregationist views and his advocacy of white supremacy. He represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1944.

Smith was born near Lynchburg, South Carolina, the youngest child of William Hankin Smith and Marry Isabella Smith, at his ancestral home, Tanglewood Plantation . He was of English, French, and German descent. Throughout his life, he would reside in Tanglewood. Smith attended the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and graduated from Wofford College in 1889. He first married at the age ofto Martha Moorer of St. George, South Carolina. She died giving birth to their son Martius Ellison. AtMartius was accidentally shot by his own gun while drinking water at the barnyard well. He died five days later.

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