{{short description|American politician (1862–1956)}} {{For|the Alabama state senator|Addison Gillespie Smith}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Addison T. Smith | image = SMITH, ADDISON T. HONORABLE LCCN2016861419 (cropped).jpg | state = Idaho | constituency = At-large district (1913–1919) <br> 2nd district (1919–1933) | term_start = March 4, 1913 | term_end = March 3, 1933 | preceded = ''District established'' | succeeded = Thomas C. Coffin | birth_name = Addison Taylor Smith | birth_date = September 5, 1862 | birth_place = Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|7|5|1862|9|5}} | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | resting_place = Rock Creek Cemetery<br>Washington, D.C., U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fairchild Smith|1889|1947|reason=died}}<ref name=fsassant>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xJRfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2409%2C524758|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Former solon Addison Smith succumbs at 93|date=July 6, 1956|page=1}}</ref> | children = 3 | profession = Attorney | alma_mater = George Washington University Law School | party = Republican |}}
'''Addison Taylor Smith''' (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a congressman from Idaho. Smith served as a Republican in the U.S. House for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933.<ref name=fsassant/>
Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Smith began his political career in 1891 in Washington, D.C. as a secretary for Republican U.S. Senator George L. Shoup of Idaho. He graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1895 and served on Shoup's staff until the senator's 1900 election defeat. In 1903 Smith joined the staff of U.S. Senator Weldon B. Heyburn, another Idaho Republican. Smith also served as secretary of the Idaho Republican Party.<ref name="congbio">[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000511 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] Accessed 29 June 2007</ref>
By 1905 Smith established a residence in Idaho at Twin Falls.<ref name="twinfalls">[http://www.twinfallspubliclibrary.org/newspaper/06/indexs.html Twin Falls Weekly News Reference Access Index] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703190944/http://www.twinfallspubliclibrary.org/newspaper/06/indexs.html |date=July 3, 2007 }} Accessed 29 June 2007</ref> He was appointed as registrar of the United States Land Office in Boise in 1907.
==Congress== In 1912, Idaho added a second seat in the U.S. House, and Smith was elected as one of two at-large members from Idaho, representing the entire state. Beginning with the 1918 election, the state was separated into two districts and he represented the 2nd district. During his House tenure he chaired several committees, including the Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic, the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.
===Election results=== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ U.S. House elections (Idaho at-large, seat B):<br>Results 1912–1916 !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |1912 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | | |- |1914 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | | |- |1916 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | |{{Party shading/Republican}} | | |}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ U.S. House elections (Idaho's 2nd district): Results 1918–1932 !|Year ! !|Democrat !|Votes !|Pct ! !|Republican !|Votes !|Pct ! !|3rd Party !|Party !|Votes !|Pct ! |- |1918 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |C.R. Jeppesen |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |18,827 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.8% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' ''(inc.)''^ |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |32,274 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |63.2% | |- |1920 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |W.P. Whitaker |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |29,130 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |37.0% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |49,642 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |63.0% | |- |1922 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |W.P. Whitaker |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |19,875 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |28.6% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |33,206 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |47.8% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Dow Downing |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Progressive |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |16,450 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |23.7% | |- |1924 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Asher Wilson |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |13,470 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |16.6% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |44,365 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |54.5% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |William Shuldberg |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Progressive |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |23,357 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |28.7% | |- |1926 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mary George Gray |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |11,259 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |16.7% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |40,960 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |60.6% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |H.F. Fait |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Progressive |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |15,368 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |22.7% | |- |1928 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ralph W. Harding |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |29,422 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |35.4% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |53,236 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |64.1% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |George Hibner |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Socialist |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |362 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |0.4% | |- |1930 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |W.F. Alworth |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |27,004 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.8% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |'''Addison Smith''' (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |46,342 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |63.2% | |- |1932 | |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''Thomas Coffin''' |{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |58,138 |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |55.0% | |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Addison Smith (inc.) |{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |46,273 |{{Party shading/Republican}} |43.8% | |{{Party shading/Independent}} |William Goold |{{Party shading/Independent}} |Liberty |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,201 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.1% | |} Source:<ref name=ootcest>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|title=Office of the Clerk: Election statistics|accessdate=March 12, 2013}}</ref> ^ Incumbent when he won seat with new designation in 1918.
==After Congress== Smith, age 70, was defeated for re-election in 1932 by Democrat Thomas C. Coffin. In 1934, Smith was appointed to the Board of Veterans Appeals of the Veterans Administration, and served in that capacity until 1942. In 1937 he became director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (now Gallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., a position he held until his death.
Smith died at age 93 from lung cancer in 1956 and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Addison Avenue, a major east–west thoroughfare in Twin Falls, is named after him.<ref name="addisonave">Matthews, Mychel. [http://magicvalley.com/blogs/assignment/blog-addison-t-smith-and-his-legacies-in-twin-falls/article_6df15fea-911b-11e4-835e-0f8c4d4283b4.html "BLOG: Addison T. Smith and His Legacies in Twin Falls"], ''Times-News'', December 31, 2014. (accessed 21 June 2015)</ref>
==Notes== {{Bioguide}} {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Addison T. Smith}} {{CongBio|S000511}} *{{Find a Grave|19072229}}
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