James Francis Smith
James Francis Smith (born January 28, 1859 in San Francisco , California , † June 29, 1928 in Washington, DC ) was an American brigadier general and governor-general of the Philippines .
Education
After Smith had earned a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts at Santa Clara College in 1877 and 1878 , he studied from 1878 to 1881 at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree, he practiced as a lawyer.
Military career
He later enlisted in the volunteer army and rose on May 6, 1898 to colonel in the 1st Infantry Regiment of California. On October 22, 1898, he became the commander of the 1st Brigade of the US VIII Corps. In January 1899 he became a member of the Military Commission in the Philippines. On April 24, 1899 he was promoted to Brigadier General of the Volunteer Army and at the same time Military Governor of Negros and Visayas .
Judge and Governor General
The qualified lawyer was an associate judge at the Supreme Court of the Philippines from June 17, 1901, when he was first lieutenant governor of the Philippines in January 1906 . From 1903 he was also secretary for public contracts in the government administration. As early as September 20, 1906, he succeeded Henry Clay Ide as Governor General of the Philippines. He held this office until his replacement by William Cameron Forbes on November 11, 1909.
From 1910 until his death, Smith was an associate judge on the federal appeals court for customs proceedings . He was also a temporary judge at the Washington, DC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal there.
literature
- Judith Raftery: Textbook Wars: Governor-General James Francis Smith and the Protestant-Catholic Conflict in Public Education in the Philippines, 1904-1907. In: History of Education Quarterly. Vol. 38, no. 2 (Summer, 1998), pp. 143-164
- Victor J. Sevilla: Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Their lives and outstanding decisions. Volume 1: 1901-1944 . New Day Publishers, Quezon City 1984, ISBN 971-100-136-5 .
Web links
- Biographical notes on the Philippine Supreme Court homepage
- Biography and bibliography on the Washington History home page
- Short biography on fjc.gov (engl.)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, James Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician, general, and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1928 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |