Addison T. Smith

Addison Taylor Smith ( born September 5, 1862 in Cambridge, Ohio; † July 5, 1956 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1933 he represented the state of Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Addison Smith attended the public schools in his native Cambridge. In 1882 he graduated from there in high school. He attended in Pittsburgh until 1883, the Iron City Commercial College. After studying law at George Washington University and the National Law School in Washington, he was in 1899 admitted in the Federal Capital and in 1905 in Idaho as a lawyer.

Political career

Addison Smith was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1891 and 1901 he worked as a private secretary of George Laird Shoup, who was then representing the State of Idaho in the U.S. Senate. He then worked in the same position for Weldon B. Heyburn, who was also a U.S. Senator for Idaho. Between 1904 and 1911, Addison was also on the board of his party at the state level. In the years 1907 and 1908 he was Registrar of the Federal Land Management in Boise.

In the congressional elections of 1912 were the first two deputies to fill mandates for the state of Idaho. Both mandates were elected throughout the state, because the second electoral district was officially founded until the elections of 1918. The first mandate was awarded to Burton L. French, Addison Smith, the second was able to secure. In the following years he was confirmed in each case. Since 1919, he was then an official member of the new, second election district. Overall, Smith was able to complete between 4 March 1913 and the March 3, 1933 ten contiguous legislatures in Congress. He was from 1922 to 1925 chairman of the committee which dealt with the use of alcoholic beverages, as well as 1925-1931 Member of the Committee, who took care of irrigation issues. In 1932, Smith was not re-elected. His seat fell to the Democrats Thomas C. Coffin.

Further CV

Between 1934 and 1942 Addison Smith was a member of a committee within the authority for veterans care, which dealt with hearings and demands of the veterans. Since 1937 until his death in 1956, Smith was head of an institution for the deaf ( Columbia Institute of the Deaf ), which is now known as Gallaudet College.