Madison R. Smith

Madison R. Smith

Madison Roswell Smith (born July 9, 1850 in Glen Allen , Bollinger County , Missouri , †  June 18, 1919 in Farmington , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1909 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Madison Smith attended his home public schools and Central College in Fayette . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1874, he began to work in this profession in 1877 in Marble Hill . In the meantime he also worked as a teacher. Between 1878 and 1882, Smith served as the prosecutor in Bollinger County. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Missouri Senate from 1884 to 1888 . For four years, Smith worked for the St. Louis Court of Appeals , where he was the publisher responsible for the publication of the court orders. In 1896 and 1912 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1906 congressional election , Smith was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Marion E. Rhodes on March 4, 1907 . Since he was defeated by Republican Politte Elvins in 1908 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1909 . Between 1902 and 1912 he worked for the Federal Trust Co. in St. Louis, which he helped found. From 1912 to 1914 Smith was the United States Ambassador to Haiti ; his successor there was Arthur Bailly-Blanchard . In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Madison Smith died in Farmington on June 18, 1919.

Web links

• Madison R. Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Madison R. Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)