Addison T. Smith

Infobox_Congressman
name=Addison T. Smith


state=Idaho
district=2nd
term_start = March 4, 1919
term_end = March 3, 1933
preceded=Himself (as At-Large District Congressman)
succeeded=Thomas C. Coffin
state3=Idaho
district3=At-Large
term_start3 = March 4, 1913
term_end3 = March 3, 1919
preceded3=(new seat)
succeeded3=Himself (as 2nd District Congressman)
date of birth=September 5, 1862
place of birth=Cambridge, Ohio
dead = dead
date of death=death date and age|1956|7|5|1862|9|5
place of death=Washington, D.C.
residence=Twin Falls
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
party=Republican|

Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a United States Representative from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican in the House from 1913 to 1933.

Smith began his political career in 1891 as a secretary for Republican U.S. Senator George L. Shoup of Idaho. He graduated from George Washington University with a law degree in 1895 and served on Shoup's staff until the senator's 1900 election defeat. In 1903 Smith joined the staff of U.S. Senator Weldon B. Heyburn, another Idaho Republican. Smith also served as secretary of the Idaho Republican Party [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000511 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] Accessed 29 June 2007] .

By 1905 Smith established a residence in Twin Falls [http://www.twinfallspubliclibrary.org/newspaper/06/indexs.html Twin Falls Weekly News Reference Access Index] Accessed 29 June 2007] . He was appointed as registrar of the United States Land Office in Boise in 1907.

In 1912 Smith was elected to the House as one of two at-large members from Idaho, representing the entire state. After 1919. he represented the state's 2nd district. During his House tenure he chaired several committees, including the Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic, the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.

Smith was defeated for reelection in 1932 by Democrat Thomas C. Coffin. In 1934 Smith was appointed to the Board of Veterans Appeals of the Veterans Administration, serving in that capacity until 1942. In 1937 he became director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., a position he held until his death.

Smith died from lung cancer in 1956. He is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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