Background
Smith, W. A. was born on November 19, 1870 in Andalusia, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Cynthia (Smith) Smith.
Smith, W. A. was born on November 19, 1870 in Andalusia, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Cynthia (Smith) Smith.
Bachelor of Science, Western College, Toledo, Iowa, 1890. Bachelor of Science, State University of Iowa, 1898, Bachelor of Laws, 1898. Doctor of Laws, Coe College, 1956.
Department, Western College, 1892-1893. With electric light and power company, 1894-1895. Practiced law in New Hampton and Nashua, 1898-1918, Dubuque, 1918-1943.
Justice of Supreme Court of Iowa, since 1943.
Member Chamber of Commerce (president), Dubuque Red Cross, Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustment. Director Sunnycrest Sanitorium (county hospital). Member Dubuque County, Iowa State (president 1941-1942), American bar associations, American Judicature Society.
Married Marta G. Lichtenwalter, December 1893. Children: Paul F. Head of commercial.