Larkin I. Smith

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Larkin I. Smith (1989)

Larkin I. Smith (born June 26, 1944 in Poplarville , Mississippi , † August 13, 1989 in a plane crash in Mississippi) was an American politician . Between January and August 1989 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Larkin Smith attended Poplarville Elementary School and then until 1962 Poplarville High School . He then entered the police force. Between 1966 and 1972 he was the deputy chief of police in Pearl River County . He was then chief investigator in Harrison County until 1977 . Between 1977 and 1983 he served as the chief of police for the city of Gulfport . From January 1, 1984 to January 1, 1989, Smith served as the chief of police in Harrison County.

Smith was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1988 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the fifth district of Mississippi, where he replaced Trent Lott on January 3, 1989 . Smith could only exercise his mandate in Congress until August 13, 1989. That day he died in a private plane crash on the flight from Hattiesburg to Gulfport. The machine crashed in the De Soto National Forest .

Web links

  • Larkin I. Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Larkin I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Poplarville , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1989
Place of death Mississippi