- James Smith, Jr.
James Smith, Jr. (
June 12 ,1851 -April 1 ,1927 ) was aUS Senator fromNew Jersey .Born in
Newark, New Jersey ; attended private schools andSt. Mary's College ,Wilmington, Delaware ; engaged in the dry-goods and importing business, later becoming a manufacturer of leather inNewark, New Jersey .He was a member of the board of aldermen of Newark 1883-1887. He declined the nomination for mayor of Newark in 1884. Served as president of the first works board in Newark.
He was elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate and served fromMarch 4 1893 , toMarch 3 1899 , but did not seek re-election after one term. He had been the Chairman of theCommittee on the Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of Executive Departments (in theFifty-third United States Congress ). He later tried unsuccessfully to be elected again to the United States Senate twelve years later (1911).After his political career, he resumed manufacturing leather, and also engaged in banking and newspaper publishing
Died in Newark, aged 75, and was interred in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange .
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