J. Joseph Smith

John Joseph Smith ( born January 25, 1904 in Waterbury, Connecticut, † February 16, 1980 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1935 and 1941 he represented the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Joseph Smith attended the public schools of his home and then studied until 1925 at Yale University. After studying law at the university and its made ​​in 1927 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Waterbury. Between 1925 and 1935 he was also a member of the reserve of the field artillery. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Smith was in the fifth electoral district of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he came into effect on January 3, 1935 is the successor of the Republican Edward W. Goss. After three re- elections he remained until his resignation on 4 November 1941 at the Congress. During this time, many of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Congress.

Smith's resignation was because he had been appointed judge at the Federal District Court for Connecticut. This office he held until 1960. Between 1960 and 1971 Smith judge was on the federal appeals court for the second judicial district. He died on 16 February 1980 in his native Waterbury.