Thomas Alexander Smith

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Thomas Alexander Smith (born September 3, 1850 in Greenwood , Delaware , †  May 1, 1932 in Newark , Delaware) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1907 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1856 Thomas Smith moved to Ridgely , Maryland with his parents . There he attended public schools and then the Denton Academy . In the years that followed, Smith worked as a teacher in the states of Maryland, Delaware, and Michigan . In the early 1880s he returned to Ridgely, where he was a post office keeper between 1885 and 1889 . Then he worked in trade. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1889 and 1893 he was a member of the Caroline County School Committee . Smith served in the Maryland Senate from 1894 to 1896 . From 1900 to 1904 he headed the Maryland State Statistical Office. In 1903 and 1904 he was also vice-president of the nationwide association of labor statisticians. Smith was also a member of his state's welfare committee at the time. In addition to these activities, he also entered the banking industry. He was one of the founders of the Bank of Ridgely and became its first president.

In the 1904 congressional elections , Smith was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Republican William Humphreys Jackson , whom he defeated in the election, on March 4, 1905 . Since he lost to Jackson in 1906, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1907 . In 1908 and 1910, Smith was a delegate at the respective meetings of the Farmers' National Congress . From 1908 to 1912 he served as land commissioner for the state government of Maryland. Between 1915 and 1920 he worked for the tax authorities. He died in Newark on May 1, 1932 and was buried in Ridgley.

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SURNAME Smith, Thomas Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH at Greenwood , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1932
Place of death Newark , Delaware