Frank Owens Smith

Frank Owens Smith

Frank Owens Smith (born August 27, 1859 in Smithville , Calvert County , Maryland , †  January 29, 1924 in Dunkirk , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Smith attended both public and private schools in his home country. He then studied at the North Mount Institute in West Virginia and at the Bethel Military Academy in Virginia . From 1885 to 1889, Smith worked for the Baltimore Treasury . In 1889 he founded the company Calumet Canning Co. After that he started trading. From 1898 to 1910 he produced flour and animal feed, among other things. Between 1904 and 1908 he was also a Tobacco Inspector for the Maryland State Government. Politically, Smith was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1911 he ran unsuccessfully for the Maryland Senate . Instead, he was appointed to the administration of that body that year.

In the 1912 congressional election , Smith was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Thomas Parran on March 4, 1913 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1914, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1915 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Frank Smith worked in fruit growing in Dunkirk. He died there on January 29, 1924.

Web links

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

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