Thomas Vernor Smith
Thomas Vernor Smith | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's at-large district | |
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |
Preceded by | Lewis M. Long |
Succeeded by | William Stratton |
Member of the Illinois Senate | |
In office 1935-1938 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Blanket, Texas | April 26, 1890
Died | May 24, 1964 Hyattsville, Maryland | (aged 74)
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Vernor Smith (April 26, 1890 – May 24, 1964), who wrote under the byline T. V. Smith, was an American philosopher, scholar, and politician from Illinois, as well as an officer in the United States Army.
Biography
Smith was born in a log cabin in Blanket, Texas, on April 26, 1890. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1915, and from the University of Chicago in 1922. Smith entered the Army during World War I and served as a private until discharged on January 28, 1919.[1]
Smith was a member of the faculty of
During
In 1948, Smith resumed his profession as a writer and teacher at the Syracuse University until his retirement in 1959. Smith married Nannie Stewart, they had two children, a son Gayle and a daughter Nancy.[5] He resided in Hyattsville, Maryland, until his death there on May 24, 1964, Smith is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
Further reading
- Marguerite Martyn, "'Women Are Born Politicians,'" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25, 1936, image 32 (interview and photograph)
External links
- Works by or about Thomas Vernor Smith at Internet Archive
- Guide to the Thomas Vernor Smith Papers 1934-1945 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
References
- ^ "T. V. Smith, Dead; Ex-Professor at Syracuse Served in House, 1939-41." New York Times. May 25, 1964
- ^ "T. V. Smith, Dead; Ex-Professor at Syracuse Served in House, 1939-41." New York Times. May 25, 1964
- ^ [1] Bergin, Thomas G. "Salerno-Naples. February–March 1944". Italica, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Mar., 1947), pp. 57-61. Published by: American Association of Teachers of Italian
- ISBN 9780292749757
- ^ "T. V. Smith, Dead; Ex-Professor at Syracuse Served in House, 1939-41." New York Times. May 25, 1964