Smith, W. H. N.

Born: 24 Sept 1812, Murfreesboro, NC

Died: 14 Nov 1889, Raleigh, NC

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC

Education: Hertford Academy,
Yale College, Yale Law School

Admitted: 1836

House of Commons: 1840, 1858, 1865

NC Senate: 1848

Solicitor: Hertford Co. 1849

United States Congress: 1859

Confederate Congress: 1861

App’t Chief Justice: 14 Jan 1878

Elected Chief Justice: Nov 1878

Term expired: 14 Nov 1889

Associate Justice: N/A*

Chief Justice: Richmond Pearson

Associate Justice: N/A

Chief Justice: Augustus S. Merrimon

1304 Majority

21 Dissenting

35 Concurring

1329 Total