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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriMadison Roswell SMITH
(1850-1919)
SMITH, Madison Roswell, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Glenallen,
Bollinger County, Mo., July 9, 1850; attended the public schools
and Central College in Fayette, Mo.; studied law and was admitted
to the bar in 1874; taught school; began the practice of law at
Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Mo., in 1877; prosecuting attorney
of Bollinger County 1878-1882; served in the State senate
1884-1888; declined to be a candidate for reelection; served as
editor of reports for the St. Louis court of appeals for four years
and resigned; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in
1896 and 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress
(March 4, 1907-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; organizer and
secretary of the Federal Trust Co., of St. Louis, 1909-1912;
Minister to Haiti from 1912 until his resignation in 1914;
continued the practice of his profession in Farmington, Mo., where
he died June 18, 1919; interment in the Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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