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Ellison Durant Smith

Lynchburg, South Carolina
· August 1, 1864 - November 17, 1944
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Known nationally as "Cotton Ed" and active in 1905 in forming the Southern Cotton Association, Ellison DuRant Smith was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1908 and served until his death in 1944, having been chairman of the Agriculture Committee and the Interstate Commerce Committee. His home, Tanglewood, is 3 miles east on Highway 341.
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