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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IowaWalter Inglewood SMITH
(1862-1922)
SMITH, Walter Inglewood, a
Representative from Iowa; born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, July 10, 1862; attended the common schools; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in
Council Bluffs, Iowa; judge of the fifteenth judicial district of
Iowa 1890-1900; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress
to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Smith McPherson
and on the same day was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress;
reelected to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses
and served from December 3, 1900, to March 15, 1911, when he
resigned to accept an appointment on the bench; appointed by
President Taft to be United States circuit judge for the eighth
judicial circuit and served from March 16, 1911, until his death in
Council Bluffs, Iowa, on January 27, 1922; interment in Fairview
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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