Samuel William Smith

Samuel William Smith (born August 23, 1852 in Independence , Oakland County , Michigan , †  June 19, 1931 in Detroit , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1915 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Samuel Smith attended public schools in Clarkston and Detroit. From 1869 he himself worked as a teacher in school. In 1875 he directed the schools in Waterford and neighboring Waterford Township . After studying law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began working in his new profession in Pontiac . Between 1880 and 1884, Smith was a prosecutor in Oakland County.

Smith's grave in Adrian , Michigan

Politically, Smith was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1885 to 1887 . In the congressional election of 1896 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded David D. Aitken on March 4, 1897 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1915 . During this time, the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the annexation of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Philippines took place . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed in Congress. From 1907 to 1911, Samuel Smith chaired the District of Columbia Administration Committee.

In 1914, Smith declined to run again. He moved to Detroit, where he practiced as a lawyer for the following years. He died there on June 19, 1931. Samuel Smith was married to Alida Electa Deland (1859-1949), with whom he had three children.

Web links

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

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