Background
Smith, C. H. Erskine was born on July 28, 1934 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Son of Percy Davis and Josephine (Fain) Smith.
Smith, C. H. Erskine was born on July 28, 1934 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Son of Percy Davis and Josephine (Fain) Smith.
Student George Washington University. Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham Southern College, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1958.
Secretary congressman 9th Congressional district Alabama, 1952-1955. With public relations department Gulf States Paper Company, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1956-1958. Admitted to Alabama bar, 1958, practiced in Birmingham.
Visiting lecturer real estate law University of Alabama.
Lecturer Alabama Bar Association. Secretary-treasurer, director Alabama Title Company, Incorporated.
Organizer, 1st chairman Jefferson County Committee for Economics Opportunity, 1965. President Alabama Civil Liberties Union, 1968, member of national board directors.
Chairman Alabama advising committee United States Commision on Civil Rights.
Chairman, Democratic Campaign Committee Jefferson County, 1960.
Member American, Alabama (past chairman junior Barometer section), Birmingham (past chairman public relations) bar associations, American Judicature Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Delta Kappa (past national vice president), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Esther Pruitt. Children: Leigh, Julie, Dana, Scott, Nicole.