Charles Smith
39thUnited States Postmaster General
In office April 21, 1898 – January 8, 1902
President	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	James Albert Gary
Succeeded by	Henry Clay Payne
United States Minister to Russia
In office May 14, 1890 – April 17, 1892
President	Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by	C. Allen Thorndike Rice
Succeeded by	Andrew Dickson White
Personal details
Born	Charles Emory Smith (1842-02-18)February 18, 1842 Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	January 19, 1908(1908-01-19) (aged 65) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Union College (BA)
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Charles Emory Smith (February 18, 1842 – January 19, 1908) was an Americanjournalist and political leader.

Charles Emory Smith was born inMansfield, Connecticut on February 18, 1842.^[1] In 1849 his family removed toAlbany, New York, where he attended thepublic schools andThe Albany Academy. He graduated fromUnion College in 1861, was a recruiting officer on the staff ofGeneralJohn F. Rathbone (1819–1901) in 1861-1862, taught in the Albany Academy in 1862-1865, and was editor of theAlbany Express in 1865-1870. He joined the staff of theAlbany Journal in 1870, and waseditor-in-chief of thispaper from 1876 to 1880. In 1879-1880 he was a regent of theUniversity of the State of New York. From 1880 until his death he waseditor and part proprietor of thePhiladelphia Press.^[2][1]

He was active as aRepublican in state and national politics; was chairman of the Committee on Resolutions of the New York State Republican Conventions from 1874 to 1880 (excepting 1877), and was president of the convention of 1879; and was a delegate to severalRepublican National Conventions, drafting much of the Republicanplatforms of 1876 and 1896.^[2]

In 1890 to 1892 he was United States minister toRussia, and during that period had charge of distributing among the Russianfamine sufferers five shiploads of food and other supplies, valued at an estimated $750,000. In November 1892, he gave a speech "addressing the problem of immigration" to the Patria Club. He expressed concern over the changing trends in immigration to the United States, and specifically called for the acceptance of Anglo-Saxon immigrants over Slavic immigrants.^[3]

He wasPostmaster General in the cabinet ofPresidentsMcKinley andRoosevelt from April 1898 until January 1902, and did much to develop therural free delivery system.^[2][1]

He died at his home inPhiladelphia on January 19, 1908.^[4] He is buried atWest Laurel Hill Cemetery inBala Cynwyd.

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