31-8 Ellison Durant Smith
N 34° 03.604 W 080° 04.280
17S E 585701 N 3769205
Influential U.S. Senator's home.
Waymark Code: WM7E25
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2009
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ELLISON DURANT SMITH
August 1,1864-November 17, 1944
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 Committee Chairman of Agriculture and of Interstate Commerce. His home, Tanglewood, is 3 miles east on Highway 341
Erected by Lee County Historical Commission, 1964
Marker Name: Ellison Durant Smith
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: 31-8
County: Lee
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