Wint Smith

Wint Smith (1953)

Wint Smith (born October 7, 1892 in Mankato , Jewell County , Kansas , † April 27, 1976 in Wichita , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1961 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wint Smith attended public schools in his home country including Mankato High School . During the First World War he was used as an officer in the infantry of the US Army in Europe from 1917 to 1919 . Upon his return, Smith studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence until 1920 . After studying law at the law school of Yale University and his admission to the bar in 1923, he began working in his new profession in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1934 he was admitted to all federal courts. Between 1931 and 1940 he was Assistant Attorney General for the State of Kansas. At the same time he was from 1932 to 1940 the legal representative of the motorway committee of this state. During World War II , Smith was reinstated as an officer in the US Army. Between 1941 and 1945 he rose from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general. After the war he worked as a lawyer again.

Smith was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1946 he was elected as their candidate in the sixth district of Kansas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Frank Carlson on January 3, 1947 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete a total of seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1961 . During this time the Korean War fell and the civil rights movement began. In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed, limiting the presidential term of office.

In 1960, Smith decided not to run again. He returned to Mankato, where he dealt with agricultural affairs until his death in 1976.

Web links

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

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