Madison Roswell Smith (July 9, 1850 – June 18, 1919) was aUnited States Representative fromMissouri.
Born on a farm nearGlenallen, Missouri, Smith attended public schools and Central College inFayette, Missouri. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to thebar in 1874. He began the practice of law atMarble Hill, Missouri, in 1877 and served as the prosecuting attorney ofBollinger County from 1878 to 1882.
He served in thestate Senate from 1884 to 1888. He declined to be a candidate for re-election.
He served as editor of reports for theSt. Louiscourt of appeals for four years and resigned. He served as delegate to theDemocratic National Conventions in1896 and1912.
Smith was elected as aDemocrat to theSixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1908 to theSixty-first Congress.
He organized and served as secretary of the Federal Trust Co. of St. Louis from 1909 to 1912. He was theU.S. Minister to Haiti from 1912 until his resignation in 1914.
After his return to the US, he returned to the practice of law inFarmington, Missouri. He died there on June 18, 1919, and was interred in theMasonic Cemetery. In 2011 Smith's tombstone was desecrated. Police continue to investigate this act as an unsolved crime as of 2017.
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