Worthington Curtis Smith

Worthington Curtis Smith ( born April 23 1823 in St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont; † January 2, 1894 ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1873 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Worthington Smith was the son of John Smith (1789-1858), who was sitting 1839-1841 for the fourth electoral district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives. The younger Smith enjoyed a good education and attended until 1843, the University of Vermont in Burlington. Although Smith studied law, but has not worked as a lawyer. Instead, he dealt with the iron trade.

During the Civil War he was involved in the preparation of the first volunteer regiment from Vermont. In contrast to his father, who had been a member of the Democratic Party, to Worthington Smith joined the Republicans. In 1863 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Vermont; 1864 to 1865 he was a member of the State Senate, which he was president in 1865.

In 1866 he was in the third district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1867, the successor of Portus Baxter. After he was re-elected twice, he was able to complete three 1873 legislative sessions in Congress until March 3. In this time, the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, who found a majority in the House and failed in the Senate on a voice came. After his time in Congress, Smith withdrew from politics. He was president of the St. Albans Foundry Co. Worthington Smith died on January 2, 1894 in his birthplace of St. Albans, and was also buried there.