Charles Emory Smith

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Charles Smith
United States Minister to Russia
In office
May 14, 1890 – April 17, 1892
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byC. Allen Thorndike Rice
Succeeded byAndrew Dickson White
Personal details
Born
Charles Emory Smith

(1842-02-18)February 18, 1842
Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJanuary 19, 1908(1908-01-19) (aged 65)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUnion College (BA)
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Charles Emory Smith (February 18, 1842 – January 19, 1908) was an American journalist and political leader.

Early life

Mrs. Charles Emory Smith

Charles Emory Smith was born in

Philadelphia Press.[2][1]

Career

He was active as a Republican in state and national politics; was chairman of the Committee on Resolutions of the New York State Republican Conventions from 1874 to 1880 (excepting 1877), and was president of the convention of 1879; and was a delegate to several Republican National Conventions, drafting much of the Republican platforms of 1876 and 1896.[2]

In 1890 to 1892 he was United States minister to Russia, and during that period had charge of distributing among the Russian famine sufferers five shiploads of food and other supplies, valued at an estimated $750,000. In November 1892, he gave a speech "addressing the problem of immigration" to the Patria Club. He expressed concern over the changing trends in immigration to the United States, and specifically called for the acceptance of Anglo-Saxon immigrants over Slavic immigrants.[3]

He was Postmaster General in the cabinet of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt from April 1898 until January 1902, and did much to develop the rural free delivery system.[2][1]

He died at his home in

Bala Cynwyd
.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XI. James T. White & Company. 1909. pp. 17–18. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smith, Charles Emory". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 259.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "Noted Man Dies". Pittston Gazette. Philadelphia. January 20, 1908. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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Political offices
Preceded by United States Postmaster General
Served under: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
April 21, 1898 – January 8, 1902 		Succeeded by
Henry C. Payne
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
United States Minister to Russia

February 14, 1890 – April 17, 1892 		Succeeded by
Andrew D. White
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