Charles Aurelius Smith

61st Governor of the State of South Carolina 1915

Date Born: January 21, 1861

Date Died: April 1, 1916

Place Born: Hertford County, NC

Place Buried: Byrd Cemetery in Timmonsville, SC

Residence: Unknown

Occupation: Banker, Businessman


Wake Forest University - graduated 1882

South Carolina House of Representatives, 1910
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1911-1915

On January 14, 1915, Smith succeeded to office following the resignation of Governor Coleman Livingston Blease

Governor Smith served only five days in office


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