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American lawyer and politician
Ray B. Smith
Born
Ray Burdick Smith
(1867-12-07 ) December 7, 1867
Died December 28, 1939(1939-12-28) (aged 72 )
Burial place Oakwood Cemetery Education
Cornell Law School
Occupation(s ) Lawyer, politician Spouse
(m. 1891)
Children 1
Ray Burdick Smith (December 7, 1867 – December 28, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Smith was born on December 7, 1867, in Cuyler, New York . He was the son of farmer Willis Smith and Emily Burdick.[1]
When he was a child, Smith moved with his parents to Lincklean . He attended DeRuyter Academy and Cazenovia Seminary , graduating from the latter in 1886. He then attended Syracuse University for a year, after which he attended Yale University . While in Yale, he edited the Yale Literary Magazine and won the John Addison Porter Prize . He was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa , Psi Upsilon , and Chi Delta Theta. He graduated with distinction, and a degree in Bachelor of Arts , in 1891.[2]
After graduating from Yale, Smith attended Cornell Law School , where one of his professors was future New York governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes . He then moved to Syracuse , where he finished his law studies and passed the bar in 1893. He quickly started the law firm Woods & Smith, later called Thomson, Woods & Smith.[2] He later headed the law firm Smith, Heyden & Setright. He also served as president of several corporations, including the First Mortgage Bond Corporation, Syracuse Press, Inc., Selina Paper Company, and Excelsior Insurance Company of New York.[3]
Smith was appointed a clerk for the 1894 New York State Constitutional Convention .[4] He was Clerk of the Committee on General Laws in the New York State Senate in 1894 [5] and 1895 .[6] He served as town supervisor of the Syracuse 14th ward from 1896 to 1900.[7] He was appointed Assistant Clerk of the New York State Assembly in 1898 ,[8] 1899 ,[9] 1900 ,[10] 1901 ,[11] 1902 ,[12] 1903 ,[13] 1904 ,[14] 1905 ,[12] 1906 ,[13] and 1907 .[15] He was elected Clerk of the New York State Assembly by the Assembly in 1908 ,[16] 1909 ,[17] and 1910 .[18] He was a delegate to the 1915 New York State Constitutional Convention .[19] He was the vice-chairman and chairman of the Onondoga County Republican Committee, and from 1906 to 1907 he served as assistant secretary of the New York State Republican Committee .[7]
In 1922, he worked with Willis Fletcher Johnson to publish the "Political and Governmental History of the State of New York," a six-volume history on the politics and political parties of New York from George Clinton to 1922.[3]
Smith was a Mason and a Shriner . He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks , the Improved Order of Red Men , the Independent Order of Foresters , the Onondaga County Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association . He married Nellie King Reilay in 1891. They had a son, Willis King.[2]
Smith died in his son's home in Philadelphia on December 28, 1939.[20] He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.
References [ edit ]
^ a b "Ray B. Smith, Former Local Political Leader of Note" . Syracuse Herald-Journal . December 30, 1939. p. 4.
^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York. 1894 . Albany: Argus Company. 1895. p. 28.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1894). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 395.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1895). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 583.
^ a b Johnson, Willis Fletcher; Smith, Ray B.; Spooner, Walter W.; Holly, Willis (1922). Political and Governmental History of the State of New York . Vol. V. Syracuse, N. Y.: The Syracuse Press. p. 170.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1898). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 747.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1899). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 722.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1900). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 571.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1901). The New York Red Book . Albany: James B. Lyon. p. 569.
^ a b Murlin, Edgar L. (1902). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 579.
^ a b Murlin, Edgar L. (1903). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 590.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1904). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 599.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1907). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 593.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1908). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 173.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1909). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 188–189.
^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1910). The New York Red Book . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 193.
^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, 1915 . Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. 1915. p. 5.
^ "Ray B. Smith, Former GOP Leader, Dead" . Syracuse Herald-Journal . December 29, 1939. p. 6.
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