US CONGRESSMAN TWIN FALLS IDAHO ADDISON SMITH LETTER SIGNED SENATE POST OFFICE !

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ADDISON T. SMITH
(1862 - 1956)
US REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 1913-1933,
MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE 1917-1927,
SECRETARY TO THE REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF IDAHO 1904-1911
SECRETARY TO US SENATOR GEORGE LAIRD SHOUP 1891-1901 and TO SENATOR WELDON B. HEYBURN 1903-1912
&
REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT BOISE, IDAHO 1907-1908.
“Addison Avenue,” a major east-west thoroughfare in Twin Falls, Idaho is named in Smith’s honor.
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HERE IS A LETTER SIGNED BY “
ADDISON T. SMITH
” ON HIS UNITED STATES “
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
” LETTERHEAD,
1p., WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 5, 1915, TO THE SENATE POST OFFICE
TO
CARL A. LOEFFLER
(1873 - 1968)
UNITED STATES SENATE SECRETARY IN 1947
WHEN CONTROL OF THE UPPER HOUSE RETURNED TO THE REPUBLICANS 1947-1949,
REPUBLICAN PARTY US SENATE SECRETARY 1929-1947,
ASSISTANT SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE US SENATE 1928
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SENATE PAGE and DOORKEEPER 1910-1928
IN THIS LETTER, CONGRESSMAN SMITH INSTRUCTS LOEFFLER, (WHILE LOEFFLER WAS SERVING AS SENATE DOORKEEPER) TO
“…
save the Congressional Record No. 50 which you would otherwise discard
…”
BOLDLY SIGNED BY SEN. SMITH.
The document measures 8” x 10½” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION, with a mounting remnant on the top verso.
A FINE PIECE OF IDAHO POLITICAL HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE
ADDISON T. SMITH
US Congressman. He
graduated in 1885 from George Washington University's law department
, and then graduated from the National Law School in 1896, was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1899. and to the Idaho bar in 1905. He was secretary to Senator George Laird Shoup 1891 to 1901 and to Senator Weldon B. Heyburn 1903 to 1912. From 1904 to 1911, he was secretary to the Republican State central committee of Idaho and register of the United States land office at Boise, Idaho, in 1907 and 1908. He was a member of the Republican National congressional committee 1917 to 1927. In 1913, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses serving until 1933. He served as associate member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals of the Veterans' Administration from 1934 until his retirement in 1942. He died of lung cancer.
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Addison Taylor Smith
Birth
5 Sep 1862, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
Death
5 Jul 1956 (aged 93),
Washington, District of Columbia
Burial
Rock Creek Cemetery
,
Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Plot
Section: M, Lot: 129, Grave: 5
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