William Smith

William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to:

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W. Smith (rugby league)

W. Smith (Sydney, Christian name unknown) was a rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first major competition in the sport.

Smith, who played on the wing position, has the honour of being the first ever try scorer for the Eastern Suburbs club. The try, which came in Easts' opening match, is the only try he scored for the Tricolours. He was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by South Sydney in the first ever NSWRL premiership decider.

Smith moved to the Balmain club the following year before returning to the Eastern Suburbs club for the 1912 season, the year the club won its second premiership.

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Sanford W. Smith

Sanford Willard Smith (August 19, 1869 – January 24, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on August 19, 1869, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, the son of Henry Smith (died 1895) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith. He attended the district schools and Chatham High School. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1889, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and practiced in Chatham. He married Maude P. Harding, and they had three daughters. He was Assistant Journal Clerk of the State Assembly in 1897.

Smith was a member of the New York State Assembly (Columbia Co.) in 1901; Judge of Columbia County from 1902 to 1905; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1906 to 1908, sitting in the 129th (24th D.), 130th and 131st New York State Legislatures (both 25th D.).

In March 1918, he was appointed by Gov. Charles S. Whitman as Presiding Judge of the New York Court of Claims, and remained on the bench until January 1927.

In February 1928, he was appointed by Gov. Al Smith to the New York Supreme Court (3rd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron V. S. Cochrane until the end of the year.