Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Smith, John Walter

Smith, John Walter, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born at Snow Hill, Md., February 5, 1845; attended private schools and Union Academy; engaged in the lumber business in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina; presidentof the First National Bank of Snow Hill and director in many business and financial institutions; elected a member of the State senate in 1889, 1893, and 1897, and served as president of the senate during the session of 1894; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his resignation on January 12, 1900; Governor of Maryland 1900-1904; delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900 and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Pinkney Whyte; reelected in 1909 and 1914 and served from March 25, 1908, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920; retired to private life and died in Baltimore, Md., April 19, 1925; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Smith, John Walter," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1830 1831. Original Sources, accessed March 25, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L7JALJ98TYEPM1K.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Smith, John Walter." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1830, page 1831. Original Sources. 25 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L7JALJ98TYEPM1K.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Smith, John Walter' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1830, pp.1831. Original Sources, retrieved 25 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L7JALJ98TYEPM1K.