Career
Foreign years it was believed Smith"s successor, Henry East. Prickett, was the city"s first elected mayor until recent research proved otherwise. Smith is also believed to have been the first treasurer of Idaho Territory. In addition to his political career, Smith also operated a drug store and private hospital in Boise.
Smith was killed in 1891 after being run over by a streetcar in Toledo, Ohio.
He is buried in Pioneer Cemetery in Boise.