Francis R. Smith

Francis Raphael Smith ( born September 25, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 9, 1982 ) was an American politician. Between 1941 and 1943 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Smith attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1929, the Roman Catholic High School, also in Philadelphia. This was followed up in 1933 to study at the city's Saint Joseph 's College. Finally he studied until 1938 at the Temple University law. In the years 1938 and 1939 he worked as a bank auditor in the service of the state government of Pennsylvania. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1938 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1940, Smith was the fifth election district in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Fred C. Gartner on January 3, 1941. Since he has not been confirmed in 1942, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1943. This was marked by the events of the Second World War.

Between 1943 and 1945 Francis Smith was U.S. Marshal for the Eastern part of the State of Pennsylvania; 1945 to 1952 he headed the tax authority in Philadelphia. After that, he was 1955-1963 State Commissioner for Insurance. From 1965 to 1968 he served as a local party leader of the Democrats in Philadelphia. He was also a member of a commission to amend the tax law of this city. Francis Smith died on December 9, 1982 in Philadelphia, where he was also buried.