Samuel William Smith
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's6th district
In office March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	David D. Aitken
Succeeded by	Patrick H. Kelley
Personal details
Born	(1852-08-23)August 23, 1852 Independence Township, Michigan
Died	June 19, 1931(1931-06-19) (aged 78) Detroit,Michigan
Political party	Republican

Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was apolitician from theU.S. state ofMichigan.

He was born inIndependence Township and attended the common schools inClarkston andDetroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools inWaterford Township in 1875 and also served as principal of the school atWaterford, Michigan. He went on to study law, was admitted to thebar in 1877 and graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor in 1878. He began legal practice inPontiac, where for six months he worked alone with considerable success, and then formed a partnership with Levi Taft Aaron Perry. Perry retired from the firm during the second year of the partnership, but the connection between Taft and Smith continued until the death of the former in 1897. Smith was prosecuting attorney of Oakland County from 1880 to 1884.

He served in theMichigan Senate from 1885 to 1887, representing the15th District. He was elected as aRepublican fromMichigan's 6th congressional district to the55th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1915.^[1] During his tenure, Smith was chairman of theCommittee on the District of Columbia in the60th and61st Congresses. He did not stand for reelection to the64th Congress, but moved to Detroit in 1913 and continued the practice of law. He died in Detroit and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery inAdrian, Michigan.

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