# David Highbaugh Smith
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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{other people||David H. Smith (disambiguation)}}
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| name = David H. Smith
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| image = David-Highbaugh-Smith.jpg
| alt = A man with dark hair and a mustache wearing a dark coat and white shirt
| state1 = [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)
| district1 = [4th](/source/Kentucky's_4th_congressional_district)
| term_start1 = March 4, 1897
| term_end1 = March 3, 1907
| predecessor1 = [John W. Lewis](/source/John_W._Lewis)
| successor1 = [Ben Johnson](/source/Ben_Johnson_(Kentucky_politician))
| state_senate2 = Kentucky
| district2 = [13th](/source/Kentucky's_13th_Senate_district)
| term_start2 = August 3, 1885
| term_end2 = January 1, 1894
| predecessor2 = Claiborne J. Walton
| successor2 = B. C. Gardner
| office3 = Member of the
[Kentucky House of Representatives](/source/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives)
from [LaRue County](/source/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](/source/Hart_County%2C_Kentucky)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|12|17|1854|12|19}}
| death_place = [Hodgenville, Kentucky](/source/Hodgenville%2C_Kentucky)
| resting_place = Red Hill Cemetery
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| party = [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
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| profession = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer)
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'''David Highbaugh Smith''' (December 19, 1854 – December 17, 1928) was a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky).
Born near [Hammonville](/source/Hammonville%2C_Kentucky), [Hart County, Kentucky](/source/Hart_County%2C_Kentucky), Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at [Horse Cave](/source/Horse_Cave%2C_Kentucky), [Leitchfield](/source/Leitchfield%2C_Kentucky), and [Hartford, Kentucky](/source/Hartford%2C_Kentucky).
He studied law.
He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1876 and commenced practice in [Hodgenville, Kentucky](/source/Hodgenville%2C_Kentucky).
Superintendent of common schools for [LaRue County](/source/LaRue_County%2C_Kentucky) in 1878.
County attorney for LaRue County 1878–1881.
He served as member of the [State house of representatives](/source/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives) 1881–1883.
He served in the [State senate](/source/Kentucky_Senate) 1885–1893, and as [president pro tempore](/source/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_Kentucky_Senate) 1891–1893.
Smith was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fifty-fifth](/source/55th_United_States_Congress) and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907).[{{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}}]
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906.
He was one of the [managers](/source/Impeachment_manager) appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the [impeachment](/source/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States) [trial](/source/Federal_impeachment_trial_in_the_United_States) proceedings against [Charles Swayne](/source/Charles_Swayne), judge of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida](/source/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](/source/Hodgenville%2C_Kentucky).
He died in [Hodgenville, Kentucky](/source/Hodgenville%2C_Kentucky), December 17, 1928.
He was interred in Red Hill Cemetery.
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