Frank Grigsby Smith (August 2, 1872 – October 27, 1950)"Frank G. Smith, Retired Justice, Dies At Age 78", ''Northwest Arkansas Times'' (October 28, 1950), p. 8. was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1912 to 1949. Born in Marion, Arkansas, Smith gained

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in Arkansas in 1893. He was elected to the

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in 1894, when he was twenty-two years old, and re-elected in 1896.Arkansas Courts
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(2016), p. 5. He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1902 and 1904, and to the Arkansas Second Judicial Circuit in 1906. As a state court judge, he was nominated by the

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for the state supreme court in 1912."Will Probe Charges of 'Bootlegging'", ''Arkansas Democrat'' (April 16, 1912), p. 4. Smith won the election, and was re-elected to five subsequent eight-year terms, writing thousands of opinions during his tenure prior to his resignation in 1949. Smith died in Marion at the age of 78.

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