William Orlando Smith | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Horace Shull |
Succeeded by | Joseph Grant Beale |
Personal details | |
Born | Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania | June 13, 1859
Died | May 12, 1932 Cleveland, Ohio | (aged 72)
Political party | Republican |
William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859. [1] [2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879. [2]
He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884. [1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit. [1]
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898. [1] He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily Era in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891. [1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892. [2]
Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907). [3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney. [3]
He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932. [1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney. [1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
William Orlando Smith | |
---|---|
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Horace Shull |
Succeeded by | Joseph Grant Beale |
Personal details | |
Born | Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania | June 13, 1859
Died | May 12, 1932 Cleveland, Ohio | (aged 72)
Political party | Republican |
William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859. [1] [2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879. [2]
He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884. [1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit. [1]
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898. [1] He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily Era in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891. [1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892. [2]
Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907). [3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney. [3]
He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932. [1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney. [1]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress