# Addison T. Smith > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Addison_T._Smith > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Addison_T._Smith.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_T._Smith > Source revision: 1345265652 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Idaho) | constituency = [At-large district](/source/Idaho's_at-large_congressional_district) (1913–1919)
[2nd district](/source/Idaho's_2nd_congressional_district) (1919–1933) | term_start = March 4, 1913 | term_end = March 3, 1933 | preceded = ''District established'' | succeeded = [Thomas C. Coffin](/source/Thomas_C._Coffin) | birth_name = Addison Taylor Smith | birth_date = September 5, 1862 | birth_place = [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|7|5|1862|9|5}} | death_place = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S. | resting_place = [Rock Creek Cemetery](/source/Rock_Creek_Cemetery)
Washington, D.C., U.S. | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Fairchild Smith|1889|1947|reason=died}}{{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}} | children = 3 | profession = [Attorney](/source/Lawyer) | alma_mater = [George Washington University Law School](/source/George_Washington_University_Law_School) | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) |}} '''Addison Taylor Smith''' (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was a [congressman](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Idaho](/source/Idaho). Smith served as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) in the [U.S. House](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933. Born in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), Smith began his political career in 1891 in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) as a secretary for Republican U.S. Senator [George L. Shoup](/source/George_Laird_Shoup) of Idaho. He graduated from [George Washington University Law School](/source/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](/source/Weldon_B._Heyburn), another Idaho Republican. Smith also served as secretary of the [Idaho Republican Party](/source/Idaho_Republican_Party).[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000511 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] Accessed 29 June 2007 By 1905 Smith established a residence in Idaho at [Twin Falls](/source/Twin_Falls%2C_Idaho).[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 He was appointed as registrar of the United States Land Office in [Boise](/source/Boise%2C_Idaho) in 1907. ==Congress== In [1912](/source/United_States_House_elections%2C_1912), Idaho added a second seat in the U.S. House, and Smith was elected as one of two [at-large](/source/Idaho's_at-large_congressional_district) members from Idaho, representing the entire state. Beginning with the [1918](/source/United_States_House_elections%2C_1918) election, the state was separated into two districts and he represented the [2nd district](/source/Idaho's_2nd_congressional_district). During his House tenure he chaired several committees, including the [Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Alcohol_Liquor_Traffic), the [Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Irrigation_of_Arid_Lands) and the [Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Irrigation_and_Reclamation). ===Election results=== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%" |+ [U.S. House elections](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections) ([Idaho at-large, seat B](/source/Idaho's_at-large_congressional_district)):
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](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections) ([Idaho's 2nd district](/source/Idaho's_2nd_congressional_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](/source/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2C_1912)) |{{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](/source/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2C_1924)) |{{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](/source/Progressive_Party_(United_States%2C_1924)) |{{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](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America) |{{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](/source/Thomas_C._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](/source/Liberty_Party_(United_States%2C_1932)) |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,201 |{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1.1% | |} Source:{{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}} ^ Incumbent when he won seat with new designation in 1918. ==After Congress== Smith, age 70, was defeated for re-election in [1932](/source/United_States_House_elections%2C_1932) by [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [Thomas C. Coffin](/source/Thomas_C._Coffin). In 1934, Smith was appointed to the Board of Veterans Appeals of the [Veterans Administration](/source/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs), and served in that capacity until 1942. In 1937 he became director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (now [Gallaudet University](/source/Gallaudet_University)) in Washington, D.C., a position he held until his death. Smith died at age 93 from [lung cancer](/source/lung_cancer) in 1956 and is buried in [Rock Creek Cemetery](/source/Rock_Creek_Cemetery) in Washington, D.C. Addison Avenue, a major east–west thoroughfare in Twin Falls, is named after him.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](/source/Times-News_(Idaho))'', December 31, 2014. (accessed 21 June 2015) ==Notes== {{Bioguide}} {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Addison T. Smith}} {{CongBio|S000511}} *{{Find a Grave|19072229}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Idaho | district=AL | before=(new seat) | years=March 4, 1913–March 3, 1919 | after=At-large seats eliminated}} {{US House succession box | state=Idaho | district=2 | before=(new district) | years=March 4, 1919–March 3, 1933 | after=[Thomas C. Coffin](/source/Thomas_C._Coffin)}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=Chairman of the [United States House Committee on Arid Lands](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources) |before=[Moses P. Kinkaid](/source/Moses_P._Kinkaid)
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Mississippi |years=December 7, 1925–March 3, 1931}} {{s-end}} {{IdahoUSRepresentatives}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Addison T.}} Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Washington, D.C. Category:George Washington University Law School alumni Category:People from Cambridge, Ohio Category:People from Twin Falls, Idaho Category:1862 births Category:1956 deaths Category:Burials at Rock Creek Cemetery Category:Washington, D.C., Republicans Category:Republican Party United States representatives from Idaho Category:Gallaudet University faculty Category:20th-century United States representatives --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Addison T. Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_T._Smith) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_T._Smith?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.