Background
Smith, Charles Bennett was born on September 14, 1870 in Wyoming Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Mary (Barnes) Smith.
Smith, Charles Bennett was born on September 14, 1870 in Wyoming Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Mary (Barnes) Smith.
Arcade, New York Academy. Reporter, Buffalo Courier, 18S9-91. Legislative Correspondent, Albany, 1892-1894.
Reporter staff of Buffalo Courier, 1889-1891. Legislative correspondent Buffalo Times, 1892-1894. Editor Buffalo Times, 1895-1896.
Editor Buffalo Enquirer (evening) and Buffalo Courier (morning), 1897-1911. Public and editor Niagara Falls Journal, 1910-1914.
Member and chairman Board School Examiners, Buffalo, 1908-1911. Member 62d Congress (1911-1913), 36th New York District, and 63d to 65th Congresses (1913-1919), 41st New York District.
Hunting, fishing, photography, motoring, golf.
Married Frances G. Stanton, of Buffalo, New York, June 10, 1902 (died 1931). Married second, Frances Elizabeth Meyer, July 1932.