Born in
Dixon,
Lee County, Illinois, October 8, 1909, Smith was an
F.B.I. agent and later a member of the
California State Assembly from the 43rd district from 1949 to 1957, a presidential elector for California in
1956, and a representative from
California's 20th congressional district from 1957 to 1973.
Tenure Smith voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and
1960, as well as the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but voted against the
Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and
1968 and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was also a delegate from California to the
Republican National Convention in 1960.
Death Smith died in
Glendale, California on June 4, 1998, and was interred at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. == Family ==