Addison T. Smith
Smith in 1921
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIdaho's2nd district
In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Himself (from At-Large)
Succeeded by	Thomas C. Coffin
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIdaho'sat-large district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
Preceded by	(new seat)
Succeeded by	Himself (to 2nd District)
Personal details
Born	Addison Taylor Smith September 5, 1862 Cambridge,Ohio, U.S.
Died	July 5, 1956(1956-07-05) (aged 93) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary Fairchild Smith ​ ​ (m. 1889; died 1947)​ [1]
Children	3 sons: Hugh Fairchild Smith Benjamin Taylor Smith Walter Shoup Smith
Residence(s)	Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S.
Alma mater	George Washington University Law School, 1895
Profession	Attorney

Addison Taylor Smith (September 5, 1862 – July 5, 1956) was acongressman fromIdaho. Smith served as aRepublican in theU.S. House for ten terms, from 1913 to 1933.^[1]

Born inCambridge,Ohio, Smith began his political career in 1891 inWashington, D.C. as a secretary for Republican U.S. SenatorGeorge L. Shoup of Idaho. He graduated fromGeorge Washington University Law School in 1895 and served on Shoup's staff until the senator's 1900 election defeat. In 1903 Smith joined the staff of U.S. SenatorWeldon B. Heyburn, another Idaho Republican. Smith also served as secretary of theIdaho Republican Party.^[2]

By 1905 Smith established a residence in Idaho atTwin Falls.^[3] He was appointed as registrar of the United States Land Office inBoise in 1907.

In1912, Idaho added a second seat in the U.S. House, and Smith was elected as one of twoat-large members from Idaho, representing the entire state. Beginning with the1918 election, the state was separated into two districts and he represented the2nd district. During his House tenure he chaired several committees, including theCommittee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic, theCommittee on Irrigation of Arid Lands and theCommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation.

Source:^[4] ^ Incumbent when he won seat with new designation in 1918.

Smith, age 70, was defeated for re-election in1932 byDemocratThomas C. Coffin. In 1934, Smith was appointed to the Board of Veterans Appeals of theVeterans Administration, and served in that capacity until 1942. In 1937 he became director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (nowGallaudet University) in Washington, D.C., a position he held until his death.

Smith died at age 93 fromlung cancer in 1956 and is buried inRock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Addison Avenue, a major east–west thoroughfare in Twin Falls, is named after him.^[5]

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