William Orlando Smith
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Horace Shull |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Grant Beale |
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| Born | (1859-06-13)June 13, 1859 Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 12, 1932(1932-05-12) (aged 72) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
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William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the stateofPennsylvania.
Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859.[1][2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879.[2]
He worked in the Government Printing OfficeinWashington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.[1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit.[1]
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898.[1] He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily ErainBradford, Pennsylvania in 1891.[1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892.[2]
Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907).[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney.[3]
He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932.[1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district 1903 - 1907 |
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
