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Frederick Cleveland Smith | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's8th district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas B. Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | Jackson Edward Betts |
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| Born | (1884-07-29)July 29, 1884 |
| Died | July 16, 1956(1956-07-16) (aged 71) Marion, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Marion Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | A.T. Still University |
| Occupation | Osteopathic physician |
Frederick Cleveland Smith (July 29, 1884 – July 16, 1956) was an American physician and politician who served six terms as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio from 1939 to 1951.
Frederick C. Smith was born inShanesville, Ohio. He pursued higher education inosteopathic medicine inKirksville, Missouri, and practiced there for several years. He then traveled overseas to continue his study of medicine inFrankfurt, Germany, and inVienna, Austria.
In 1917, Smith was licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the State of Ohio and opened his practice inMarion, Ohio. He also served as mayor inMarion, Ohio from January 1936 until January 1, 1939, when he resigned.
Smith founded the Frederick C. Smith Clinic in Marion, which brought together doctors in various fields in a practice that benefited from each doctor's specialty. The original clinic was located on East Church Street. The concern continues in Marion, Ohio, and still bears Smith's name.
Smith was elected as a Republican to theSeventy-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses. He supported $7 billion in aid to Britain, Lend-Lease, and the 1941 amendment to the Neutrality Act to remove restrictions that forbade U.S. vessels from entering combat zones and US citizens from sailing on vessels of belligerents.
He also denounced "isolationism" and took a staunchly "pro-British" position in between the "fall of France" in the summer of 1940 and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, during which time Great Britain was essentially alone. He frequently spoke in favor of aiding Britain.
During the early 1950s, Smith "would invariably draw 'zero' ratings from theAmericans for Democratic Action and otherleftist groups."[1] One of the most conservative members of Congress between 1937 and 1970, he has been labeled by some writers as the sixth most conservative overall since 1937.[2]
He was not a candidate for renomination in1950.
Smith resumed his medical profession. He died in Marion, Ohio, on July 16, 1956, and was interred in the Marion Cemetery.
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