J. Joseph Smith

J. Joseph Smith

John Joseph Smith (born January 25, 1904 in Waterbury , Connecticut , †  February 16, 1980 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1935 and 1941 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Joseph Smith attended the public schools of his home country and then studied at Yale University until 1925 . After studying law at this university and being admitted to the bar in 1927, he began his new profession in Waterbury. Between 1925 and 1935 he was also a member of the field artillery reserve. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1934, Smith was in the fifth constituency of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC selected. There he took over on January 3, 1935, succeeding Republican Edward W. Goss . After three re-elections, he remained in Congress until his resignation on November 4, 1941 . It was during this period that many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed in Congress under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

Smith's resignation came because he had been appointed a Connecticut District Court judge . He held this office until 1960. Between 1960 and 1971 Smith was a judge on the federal appeals court for the second court. He died on February 16, 1980 in his native Waterbury.

Web links

• J. Joseph Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• J. Joseph Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)