William Grover Smith

William Grover Smith ( born April 26, 1857 in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey; † November 3, 1921 in Golden, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1891 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Colorado.

Career

About the youth and education of William Smith nothing is handed down. But he must have studied law, because he worked as a lawyer at the end of his life. Until 1872 he lived in Michigan. Then he moved to Golden in the later state of Colorado, where he was first a teacher and then worked in the newspaper industry. Between 1879 and 1900 he was the owner and publisher of the newspaper Golden Globe. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. In 1880 he held the office of the City Clerk in Golden; 1884-1888 he was there overseers of the schools ( Superintendent of Schools ). He was also in 1882 private secretary to Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin year. From 1885 to 1887 Smith was also a member of the Supervisory Board of the State Industrial School.

In 1888, Smith was elected to the side of Job Adams Cooper for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. This post he held 1889-1891. Doing so, he not only was assistant to the governor, but also chairman of the State Senate. Between 1899 and 1901, Smith was a member and chairman of the House of Representatives from Colorado. Between 1900 and 1918 he worked for the streetcar company of the city of Denver. In June 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part, to the President William Howard Taft to be unsuccessful re-election has been nominated. After the end of his tenure at the tram from Denver William Smith practiced as a lawyer. At times, he also worked as a district attorney. He died on November 3, 1921 in Golden.