Thomas Francis Smith

Thomas Francis Smith

Thomas Francis Smith (born July 24, 1865 in New York City , † April 11, 1923 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1917 and 1921 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Francis Smith was born and raised in New York City about a month after the end of the Civil War . He attended community schools, St. Francis Xavier College , Manhattan College, and from 1899 to 1901 the New York Law School . As a reporter he worked for the New York World and the New York Tribune . Between 1898 and 1917 he was a clerk at New York City Court . He was admitted to the bar in 1911 and then began practicing in New York City. He took 1915 as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in part of New York and in 1916 at the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis ( Missouri ). Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election on April 12, 1917 in the 15th electoral district of New York to fill the vacancy created by the death of Michael F. Conry . In the 1918 congressional elections , he ran in the 16th electoral district of New York for the 66th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Peter J. Dooling on March 4, 1919 . Since he refused to run again in 1920 , left the congress after March 3, 1921 .

On April 1, 1921, he became Public Administrator of New York - a position he held until his death. He died on April 11, 1923 in a taxi accident in New York City. His body was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City .

Web links

• Thomas Francis Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Francis Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Thomas Francis Smith on The Political Graveyard website