William F. Smith (February 9, 1901 – July 26, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Smith was born on February 9, 1901, in
New York City, New York,
the son of Dr. Joseph J. Smith.
Smith graduated from
St. Jerome's Parochial School in 1914 and from
Regis High School in 1918. He then spent a year in
Fordham College Fordham may refer to:
Education
* Fordham Preparatory School, an all-male, Jesuit high school in New York City
* Fordham University, a Jesuit university in New York City
** Fordham Rams, athletic teams of the above university
** Fordham Universi ...
, after which he went to
Fordham University School of Law in 1919. He graduated from the latter university with an LL.B. in 1922. He was admitted to the bar in 1924, after which he maintained a law office at
291 Broadway while living in
the Bronx. In 1925, he was elected to the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assem ...
as a
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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, representing the Bronx County 2nd District. He served in the Assembly in
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...
,
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
,
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
,
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
,
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
,
1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
,
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
, and
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
. In his last term in the Assembly, he joined a group of up-state Republicans to defeat a bill that would have continued an additional 1-cent tax on gasoline. He then served as an Assistant
District Attorney of Bronx County
The Bronx County District Attorney is the elected district attorney for Bronx County, which is coterminous with the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws. (Feder ...
from 1933 until his death. He was in the Army at one point, but he was discharged due to disability shortly after the outbreak of
World War II. He avoided active trial work in the last few years of his life.
Smith was a member of the Regis High Alumni Association, the Fordham Alumni Association, the
New York State District Attorneys Association, the
New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York. The mission of the association is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; promote reform in the law; facilitate the administration of justice ...
, the Bronx County Bar Association, the
American Bar Association, the Guild of Catholic Lawyers, and the Society of Medical Jurisprudence. He married Marian L. Peacock of
Brooklyn in 1935. She died in 1937.
Smith died in
Roosevelt Hospital from a long illness on July 26, 1950.
He was buried in
St. Raymond's Cemetery.
References
External links
*
The Political Graveyard'
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1901 births
1950 deaths
Catholics from New York (state)
Regis High School (New York City) alumni
Fordham University School of Law alumni
20th-century American lawyers
Lawyers from New York City
20th-century American politicians
Politicians from the Bronx
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Burials at Saint Raymond's Cemetery (Bronx)
Catholic politicians from New York (state)