William Walker Smith

Background

Smith, William Walker was born on November 21, 1874 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Walker and Emily Louise (Van Deventer) Smith.

Education

Preparatory education, Franklin School, Cincinnati, and New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School (University of Cincinnati), 1897.

Career

Henry Pogue. Practiced law in Cincinnati, 1897-1910. Member Ohio House of Representatives, 1900-1904. Appointed after examination, 3d secretary of Embassy, April 1, 1910, and assigned to Constantinople, Turkey.

Secretary of Legation, Berne, Switzerland, serving as 1st secretary and charge d’affaires, 1912-1913.

Consul-general and 1st secretary Legation, Santo Domingo, 1913-1914. Acting chief Western European Division, Department of State, 1914-1916.

1st secretary Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1916-1918. Assigned as 1st secretary Legation, lima, Peru, 1918, and when legation was raised to an embassy served as secretary of embassy and charge d’affaires.

Secretary of legation, Berne, 1920, charge d’affaires, 1921.

Promoted to secretary of Embassy, Class I, January 12, 1922. Charge d’affaires, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1922. Assigned to Division Mexican Affairs, Department of State, 1923.

Resigned July 1, 1924, and resumed practice of law at Washington, District of Columbia.

Admitted to practice before Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Treasury Department, Supreme Court of the United States, General Accounting Office of the United States and Court of Claims. Commissioned major Military Intelligence Reserve Officers’ Corps, United States of America, 1925.

Achievements

• William Walker Smith has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ohio House of Representatives, 1900-1904.

Connections

Married Blanche Crawford, daughter