# George Luke Smith > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Luke_Smith > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/George_Luke_Smith.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Luke_Smith > Source revision: 1349657322 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician George L. Smith Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th district In office November 24, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Preceded by Alexander Boarman Succeeded by William M. Levy Louisiana State Representative for Caddo Parish In office 1870–1872 Personal details Born George Luke Smith (1837-12-11)December 11, 1837 New Boston, New Hampshire Died July 9, 1884(1884-07-09) (aged 46) Hot Springs, Arkansas Resting place West Street Cemetery, Milford, New Hampshire Party Republican Alma mater Union College Military service Branch/service Union Army **George Luke Smith** (December 11, 1837 – July 9, 1884) was an American businessman who served one-term as a [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for [Louisiana's 4th congressional district](/source/Louisiana's_4th_congressional_district) from 1873 to 1875. The district at the time was anchored by the state's third largest city, [Shreveport](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana). Before moving to [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana), he had previously served in the Union Army during the Civil War. ## Early life and education Born in [New Boston](/source/New_Boston%2C_New_Hampshire) in [Hillsborough County](/source/Hillsborough_County%2C_New_Hampshire) in southern [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire), Smith completed preparatory studies and attended [Union College](/source/Union_College_(New_York)) in [Schenectady](/source/Schenectady%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). ## Civil War During the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), he served in the [Union Army](/source/Union_Army). At the close of the war, he relocated to Shreveport to engage in mercantile pursuits. ## Early career He served from 1870 to 1872 as a member of the [Louisiana House of Representatives](/source/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives) during [Reconstruction](/source/Reconstruction_era_in_the_United_States). ### Business He was the proprietor of Shreveport Southwestern Telegram and president of the Shreveport Savings Bank & Trust Company. ### Congress Smith was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy created by the death of Representative-elect [Samuel Peters](/source/Samuel_Peters_(Louisiana_politician)) and served from November 24, 1873, until March 3, 1875. Considered by some to be a [Carpetbagger](/source/Carpetbagger) due to his northern roots and service in the Union Army, Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He was succeeded by the [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [William M. Levy](/source/William_M._Levy). ## Later career Thereafter, Smith was appointed collector of customs at the port of [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana) by [U.S. President](/source/U.S._President) [Rutherford B. Hayes](/source/Rutherford_B._Hayes), a position that he held from May 4, 1878, to February 20, 1879. He moved to [Hot Springs](/source/Hot_Springs%2C_Arkansas), [Hot Springs](/source/Arkansas), [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), to engage in the [real estate](/source/Real_estate) business until his death there. He died in 1884 and is interred at the West Street Cemetery in [Milford](/source/Milford%2C_New_Hampshire), New Hampshire. ## Legacy Smith was the last Republican to hold the 4th district House seat in Louisiana until 1988, when [Jim McCrery](/source/Jim_McCrery) won a [special election](/source/Special_election) for the position to succeed [Buddy Roemer](/source/Buddy_Roemer) who was elected [governor of Louisiana](/source/Governor_of_Louisiana) the preceding year. ## External links - United States Congress. ["George Luke Smith (id: S000539)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000539). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*. [Portals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:United_States) - [Politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Politics) - [Business and Economics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Business_and_Economics) - [American Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:American_Civil_War) U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Alexander Boarman Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th congressional district 1873 – 1875 Succeeded by William M. Levy v t e United States representatives from Louisiana 1st district E. Livingston White H. Johnson White Slidell La Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry B. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise 2nd district Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J. A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney H. Boggs Maloney H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond Carter 3rd district Brent Overton Bullard Garland J. Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melançon J. M. Landry Boustany Higgins 4th district Bossier Morse J. Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming M. Johnson 5th district Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham Letlow 6th district Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick H. Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves Fields 7th district Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauché Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany 8th district Aswell Overton Dear Allen G. S. "Doc" Long McSween G. W. Long S. Long G. W. Long C. Long Holloway At-large Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan Territory Clark Poydras Authority control databases: People US Congress --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [George Luke Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Luke_Smith) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Luke_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.