The Smiths of West Virginia
- Joseph L. Smith (1880–1962), Mayor of Beckley, West Virginia 1904-1909; West Virginia State Senator 1909-1912; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1929-1945; Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party 1944-1947. Father of Hulett C. Smith.
- Hulett C. Smith (1918-), Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party 1956-1962, Governor of West Virginia 1965-1969, Democratic National Committeeman 1969, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1972 2000. Son of Joseph L. Smith.
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Famous quotes containing the words west and/or virginia:
“Where there’s more of singing and less of sighing,
Where there’s more of giving and less of buying,
And a man makes friends without half trying
That’s where the West begins.”
—Arthur Chapman (1873–1935)
“While I am in favor of the Government promptly enforcing the laws for the present, defending the forts and collecting the revenue, I am not in favor of a war policy with a view to the conquest of any of the slave States; except such as are needed to give us a good boundary. If Maryland attempts to go off, suppress her in order to save the Potomac and the District of Columbia. Cut a piece off of western Virginia and keep Missouri and all the Territories.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)