| Samuel William Smith | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | David D. Aitken |
| Succeeded by | Patrick H. Kelley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1852-08-23)August 23, 1852 Independence Township, Michigan |
| Died | June 19, 1931(1931-06-19) (aged 78) Detroit, Michigan |
| Political party | Republican |
Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools in Waterford Township in 1875 and also served as principal of the school at Waterford, Michigan. He went on to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1877 and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1878. He began legal practice in Pontiac, where for six months he worked alone with considerable success, and then formed a partnership with Levi Taft Aaron Perry. Perry retired from the firm during the second year of the partnership, but the connection between Taft and Smith continued until the death of the former in 1897. Smith was prosecuting attorney of Oakland County from 1880 to 1884.
He served in the Michigan Senate from 1885 to 1887, representing the 15th District. He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 55th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1915. During his tenure, Smith was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the 60th and 61st Congresses. He did not stand for reelection to the 64th Congress, but moved to Detroit in 1913 and continued the practice of law. He died in Detroit and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian, Michigan.
References
- "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. pp. 53–54. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- United States Congress. "Samuel W. Smith (id: S000613)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byDavid D. Aitken | United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Michigan 1897 – 1915 |
Succeeded byPatrick H. Kelley |
- 1852 births
- 1931 deaths
- Republican Party Michigan state senators
- People from Clarkston, Michigan
- People from Waterford, Michigan
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
- Schoolteachers from Michigan
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- 19th-century American educators
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives