William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
William Orlando Smith | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Horace Shull |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Grant Beale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 13, 1859 Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 12, 1932 (aged 72) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
Biography
editSmith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859.[1][2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879.[2]
He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.[1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit.[1]
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898.[1] He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily Era in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891.[1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892.[2]
Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907).[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney.[3]
He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932.[1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday", p. 1.
- ^ a b c The State Departments, p. 188.
- ^ a b "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday", pp. 1, 3.
Sources
editNewspapers.com
edit- "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday". The Jeffersonian-Democrat. Brookville, PA. May 19, 1932 – via Newspapers.com.
Books
edit- Rodearmel, William (1893). The State Departments and Members and Officers of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1893-94. Harrisburg, PA: E. K. Meyers Printing House.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "William O. Smith (id: S000635)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William O. Smith at The Political Graveyard
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress