Frank Owens Smith

Frank Owens Smith ( born August 27, 1859 in Smithville, Calvert County, Maryland; † January 29, 1924 in Dunkirk, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Smith attended both public and private schools of his home. He then studied at North Mount Institute in West Virginia and at the Bethel Military Academy in Virginia. From 1885 to 1889 Smith worked for the Financial Authority of Baltimore. In 1889, he founded the company Calumet Canning Co. He was then engaged in trade. From 1898 to 1910 he produced, among others, flour and feed. Between 1904 and 1908 he was also a tobacco inspector of the State Government of Maryland. Politically, Smith was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1911 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from Maryland. Instead, he was hired this year in the management of this body.

In the congressional elections of 1912, Smith was in the fifth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Parran on March 4, 1913. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1914, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915. During this time, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Frank Smith worked in the fruit growing in Dunkirk. There he is on 29 January 1924 passed away.