Charles Brooks Smith

Charles Brooks Smith ( born February 24, 1844 in Elizabeth, Wirt County, Virginia; † December 7, 1899 in Parkersburg, West Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1890 and 1891 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Smith was born in 1844 in the town of Elizabeth, who was then still belonged to Virginia, since 1863, however, lies in the newly established State of West Virginia. He received a private education in Parkersburg. Since March 1, 1864, he participated as a soldier in the Union Army in the Civil War. He reached up to his honorable discharge from military service to the rank of lieutenant. After the war, Smith was involved in trade. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. In 1875 he was employed by the management of the Wood County as registrar (Recorder). A year later he was a member of the City Council of Parkersburg and 1878-1880 he was mayor of that city. From 1880 to 1884 he served as sheriff and eunuchs in Wood County. In 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, at the Benjamin Harrison was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate.

1888 Smith ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. He was defeated by Democrat James M. Jackson, who took his seat in Congress on March 4, 1889. Smith laid but against the election results a contradiction. After this appeal was upheld, he could take on 3 February 1890 the mandate of Jackson and end the current parliamentary term until March 3, 1891 as a congressman. For the regular elections of 1890 Smith was defeated then the Democratic candidate James Capehart.

After the end of his time in Congress, Smith worked in the insurance industry. He specialized in fire insurance. He died on 7 December 1899 in Parkersburg and was also buried there.