Clyde H. Smith

Clyde Harold Smith ( born June 9, 1876 at Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, † April 8, 1940 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1937 and 1940 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1891, Clyde Smith moved with his parents to Hartland (Maine). There he attended the public schools and the Hartland Academy. Subsequently, he was initially self as a teacher. Between 1903 and 1906 he was a School Board in Hartland. Since 1901 he has also been involved in the clothing trade, and in the hardware store. From 1904 to 1907 Smith was council of his home town. Thereafter he served until 1909 as a sheriff in Somerset County. To this end, he had moved to Skowhegan. There he has been renowned in the automotive trade and the newspaper business. Later he also became involved in the real estate industry and in the banking sector. Between 1914 and 1932 he was also in the council of Skowhegan.

Politically, Smith was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1899 and 1903, and again from 1919 to 1923 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Maine; 1923 to 1929 he was a member of the State Senate. Smith was a staunch opponent of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1928 to 1932 he was chairman of the highway committee of his state; between 1933 and 1937 was one of Smith to the senior staff of the Governor.

In the congressional elections of 1936, Smith was elected in the second district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he came into effect on January 3, 1937 the successor of Edward C. Moran of the Democratic Party. After a re-election in 1938, he could remain until his death on 8 April 1940 at the Congress. At this time there more New Deal legislation was passed. After his death, his mandate was made after a by-election to his wife Margaret, who exercised it until 1949 and later moved to the U.S. Senate.