Howard Alexander Smith

Howard Alexander Smith ( born January 30, 1880 in New York City; † October 27, 1966 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the State of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate.

Howard Smith visited the Cutler School, a private school in his hometown of New York, before 1901, he graduated from Princeton University in 1904 and passed his law degree at Columbia University. In the same year he became a member of the Bar and began to practice in New York. In 1905 he moved to Colorado Springs, where he pursued until 1917, his legal activities. During World War II he worked for the United States Food Administration in Colorado and Washington; after the war he was a member of several organizations.

1919 Smith moved to Princeton, where he was managing director of Princeton University, a position he held until 1927. He then worked until 1930 as a lecturer in the Department of Politics at the university, before he returned to New York and until 1941 was there again worked as a lawyer. Finally, he came to New Jersey a political career. From 1941 to 1943 he was chairman of the Republican Party organization at the state level ( Republican State Committee); 1942-1943 he was also at the Republican National Committee.

In November 1944, Smith was elected to succeed the late U.S. Senator William Warren Barbour, whose place Arthur Walsh had previously taken an interim basis. He exercised his mandate from December 7, 1944, and remained after two re-election until January 3, 1959 Senate before he did not run. During this time, he served as Chairman of the Working Committee. From 1959 to 1960 Smith served then as special adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State.

His nephew Peter H. Dominick was also politicians and sat for the State of Colorado in the U.S. Senate.