- Francis R. Smith
Francis Raphael Smith (
September 25 ,1911 –December 9 ,1982 ) was a Democratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Francis R. Smith was born in
Philadelphia, PA . He graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia in 1933, and from the law department ofTemple University in Philadelphia in 1938. He was a bank examiner with thePennsylvania State Banking Department in 1938 and 1939. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1938 to thePennsylvania State House of Representatives .Smith was elected as a Democrat to the
77th Congress , but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942. After his term in Congress, he became aUnited States Marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, serving fromJanuary 29 ,1943 , until his resignation onApril 30 ,1945 . He was appointed collector of internal revenue at Philadelphia onMay 1 ,1945 , and served in that capacity until 1952. He was the Insurance Commissioner for theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1963, and the Chairman of Democratic City Committee of Philadelphia from 1965 to 1968. He was elected a Member of the Board of Revision of Taxes of Philadelphia and member of Board of View of Philadelphia.ources
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