{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people||David H. Smith (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = David H. Smith | honorific_suffix = | image = David-Highbaugh-Smith.jpg | alt = A man with dark hair and a mustache wearing a dark coat and white shirt | state1 = Kentucky | district1 = 4th | term_start1 = March 4, 1897 | term_end1 = March 3, 1907 | predecessor1 = John W. Lewis | successor1 = Ben Johnson | state_senate2 = Kentucky | district2 = 13th | term_start2 = August 3, 1885 | term_end2 = January 1, 1894 | predecessor2 = Claiborne J. Walton | successor2 = B. C. Gardner | office3 = Member of the<br>Kentucky House of Representatives<br>from LaRue County | term_start3 = August 1, 1881 | term_end3 = August 6, 1883 | predecessor3 = Samuel M. Sanders | successor3 = Samuel M. Sanders | birth_date = {{birth date|1854|12|19}} | birth_place = Hart County, Kentucky | death_date = {{death date and age|1928|12|17|1854|12|19}} | death_place = Hodgenville, Kentucky | resting_place = Red Hill Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = Democrat | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''David Highbaugh Smith''' (December 19, 1854 – December 17, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky, Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at Horse Cave, Leitchfield, and Hartford, Kentucky. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Hodgenville, Kentucky. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Superintendent of common schools for LaRue County in 1878. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->County attorney for LaRue County 1878–1881. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1881–1883. He served in the State senate 1885–1893, and as president pro tempore 1891–1893.
Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907).<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=38 |date=9 November 1903}}</ref> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment trial proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He resumed the practice of law. He served as president of the Farmers' National Bank of Hodgenville, Kentucky. He died in Hodgenville, Kentucky, December 17, 1928. He was interred in Red Hill Cemetery.
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