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Smith (ELLISON DU RANT American)

ELLISON DU RANT, American Senator; born at Lynchburg, S. C., Aug. 1, 1866. In 1896 he was elected to the South Carolina Legislature. He took an active part in the organization of the Farmers' Protective Association in 1901, and was delegate to the Boll Weevil Convention at Shreveport, La., in 1905. He was elected to the United States Senate by the Democrats for the three terms from 1909 to 1927.

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