Background
Smith, Addison Taylor was born on September 5, 1862 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac and Jane (Forsythe) Smith.
United States representative politician
Smith, Addison Taylor was born on September 5, 1862 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Isaac and Jane (Forsythe) Smith.
Graduate business school, 1883. Bachelor of Laws, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1895. Master of Laws, National Law School, Washington, 1896.
Smith served as a Republican in the United States. House for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933. Born in Cambridge, Ohio, Smith began his political career in 1891 in Washington, District of Columbia as a secretary for Republican United States. Senator George L. Shoup of Idaho. In 1903 Smith joined the staff of United States. Senator Weldon B. Heyburn, another Idaho Republican.
Smith also served as secretary of the Idaho Republican Party.
By 1905 Smith established a residence in Idaho at Twin Falls. He was appointed as registrar of the United States Land Office in Boise in 1907.
In 1912, Idaho added a second seat in the United States. 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
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, District of Columbia, 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, District of Columbia Addison Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare in Twin Falls, is named after him.
Member 63d to 72d Congresses, 2d Idaho District Associate. Member Board Veterans Appeals, 1934-1942, now retired Secretary Republican State Central Committee of Idaho, 1904-1911. Member Ohio Society (Twin Falls, Idaho, and Washington), Sons of the American Revolution
Married Mary A. Fairchild, December 24, 1889 (deceased. Married second, Mistress. Children: Hugh Fairchild, Benjamin Taylor (deceased), Walter Shoup.