Frank Owens Smith
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Frank Owens Smith was an American
politician.
Born in Smithville, Maryland, Smith attended the private and public schools of the Calvert County, Maryland
, and also the North Mount Institute of West Virginia
, and Bethel Military Academy of Virginia
. Smith also served in the United States Revenue Service at Baltimore, Maryland during the first Cleveland administration
.
Smith organized the Calumet Canning Company in 1889 and engaged in a general merchandise business in 1890. He later engaged in manufacturing flour and feed from 1898 to 1910. He was appointed State tobacco
inspector by Governor Edwin Warfield
in 1904 and was re-appointed in 1906, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Maryland State Senate
in 1911. He served as chief engrossing clerk of the State senate in 1911.
In 1912, Smith was elected from the fifth district of Maryland
as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914, and instead engaged in fruit growing in Dunkirk, Maryland
until his death in 1924. He is interred in Mount Zion Cemetery of Lothian, Maryland
.
United States
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politician.
Born in Smithville, Maryland, Smith attended the private and public schools of the Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...
, and also the North Mount Institute of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, and Bethel Military Academy of Virginia
Virginia
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. Smith also served in the United States Revenue Service at Baltimore, Maryland during the first Cleveland administration
Grover Cleveland
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.
Smith organized the Calumet Canning Company in 1889 and engaged in a general merchandise business in 1890. He later engaged in manufacturing flour and feed from 1898 to 1910. He was appointed State tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
inspector by Governor Edwin Warfield
Edwin Warfield
Edwin Warfield , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 45th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1904 to 1908.-Early life:...
in 1904 and was re-appointed in 1906, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Maryland State Senate
Maryland State Senate
The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland...
in 1911. He served as chief engrossing clerk of the State senate in 1911.
In 1912, Smith was elected from the fifth district of Maryland
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as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914, and instead engaged in fruit growing in Dunkirk, Maryland
Dunkirk, Maryland
Dunkirk is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2000 census. The area is very fast-growing, with many large estate homes. Considered one the wealthiest places to live inside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with home prices...
until his death in 1924. He is interred in Mount Zion Cemetery of Lothian, Maryland
Lothian, Maryland
Lothian is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.Lothian is a rural community in southern , Maryland, 12 miles southwest of Annapolis, Maryland, 24 miles east of Washington, DC, and 31 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland....
.