William Orlando Smith

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William Orlando Smith (Pennsylvania Congressman)

William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.

Biography[]

Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859.[1][2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the from 1876 to 1879.[2]

He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.[1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the and the Punxsutawney Spirit.[1]

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898.[1] He worked as editor of the in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891.[1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892.[2]

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907).[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney.[3]

He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932.[1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday", p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c The State Departments, p. 188.
  3. ^ a b "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday", pp. 1, 3.

Sources[]

Newspapers.com[]

  • "Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday". The Jeffersonian-Democrat. Brookville, PA. May 19, 1932 – via Newspapers.com.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph H. Shull
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district
1903 - 1907 		Succeeded by
Joseph G. Beale

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