Henry Smith (Wisconsin politician)
Henry Smith | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | |
Preceded by | Isaac W. Van Schaick |
Succeeded by | Isaac W. Van Schaick |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office 1878 | |
Personal details | |
Born | July 22, 1838 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Political party | Union Labor Party Democratic Greenback |
Henry Smith (July 22, 1838 – September 16, 1916 in
Early life and career
Smith was born in
Political office
He served as a member of the
Smith was again elected a member of the Common Council 1880-1882; served as city comptroller 1882-1884; and again on the Common Council from 1884-1887.[7]
Congress and after
In 1886, Smith was elected as a Union Labor Party candidate to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889), with 13,355 votes to 9645 for Republican Thomas H. Brown (Republican incumbent Isaac Van Schaick was not a candidate for re-election), 8233 for Democrat John Black (former mayor of Milwaukee) and 187 for Prohibitionist Z. C. Trask.[8] He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 4th congressional district.
In 1888, Republican former incumbent Van Schaick defeated Smith for election to the
Smith worked as an architect and builder. He was once again elected a member of the Common Council in 1898 and served until his death in Milwaukee on September 16, 1916. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Union Cemetery. His papers are in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.[10]
Footnotes
- ^ Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Smith, Henry Jr. 1838 - 1916". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
- ^ "Ald. Henry Smith is 72 Today; He Tells of His Long and Busy Life". Milwaukee Free Press. Milwaukee. July 22, 1910.
- ^ Bashford, R. M. (ed.) The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin: Comprising the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Wisconsin, Jefferson's Manual, Forms and Laws for the Regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Seventeenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, Printer and Stereotyper, 1878; pp. 394, 476
- ^ Warner, Hans B., Editor. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, for 1879. Containing the Constitutions of the United States and of the State; Jefferson's Manual; Rules and Orders of the Senate and Assembly, and Annals of the Legislature; also, statistical tables and history of state institutions: Eighteenth Annual Edition. Madison: David Atwood, State Printer, 1879; pp. 498-499
- ^ Heg, J. E., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, Madison, 1881; p. 395
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Smith, G to I".
- ^ Timme, Ernst G., ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, Madison, 1887; p. 480
- ^ Timme, Ernst G., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin 1889 Madison, 1889; p. 264
- ^ Smith, Henry, 1838-1916: Papers, 1846-1916
External links
- United States Congress. "Henry Smith (id: S000546)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Henry Smith at Find a Grave