Smith, Green Clay

Smith, Green Clay (b. Richmond, Ky., 4 July 1832; d. Washington, D.C., 28 February 1895) He rose from colonel of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry to US major general in the Civil War, during which he was wounded and cited for gallantry. He was Ky. Republican congressman (1863–5), Mont. governor (1866–9), and then became a Baptist minister. As Prohibition party nominee for president in 1876, he won 1 percent of the vote.