Clyde Smith

Clyde Smith (1939)

Clyde Harold Smith (born June 9, 1876 in Harmony , Somerset County , Maine , † April 8, 1940 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1940 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1891, Clyde Smith moved to Hartland, Maine with his parents . There he attended public schools and the Hartland Academy . He then initially worked as a teacher himself. Between 1903 and 1906 he was a school councilor in Hartland. From 1901 he was also involved in the clothing trade and hardware store. From 1904 to 1907, Smith was a ward councilor in his home ward. He then served as a sheriff in Somerset County until 1909 . To do this, he had moved to Skowhegan . There he also got into the automobile trade and the newspaper business. He later became involved in the real estate and banking sectors. Between 1914 and 1932 he was also on the Skowhegan parish council.

Politically, Smith was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1899 and 1903 and again from 1919 to 1923 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine ; from 1923 to 1929 he was a member of the State Senate . Smith was a staunch opponent of the Ku Klux Klan . From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman of his state's highway committee; between 1933 and 1937 Smith was a member of the governor's advisory board .

In the 1936 congressional election, Smith was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the Maine Second Constituency . There he took over from Edward C. Moran of the Democratic Party on January 3, 1937 . After re-election in 1938, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 8, 1940 . During this time, further New Deal laws were passed there. After his death, his mandate fell after a by-election to his wife Margaret , who held it until 1949 and later moved to the US Senate .

Web links

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

• Clyde Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)