US SENATOR NJ DEPARTMENT STATE DIPLOMATIC FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR LETTER SIGNED !

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HOWARD ALEXANDER SMITH
(1880 - 1966)
US REPUBLICAN PARTY SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY 1944-1959
&
DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS ADVISOR.
Smith served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-authored the “
Smith-Mundt Act
” to specify the terms in which the United States government can engage in public diplomacy. He served as a special consultant on foreign affairs to the US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles
.
Senator Smith also served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (1953–1955).
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HERE’S A LETTER SIGNED BY SMITH ON “
UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
” LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED AT WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 20, 1955, TO MRS. MARK BYRON, JR., AT EAST
22
nd
STREET, NEW YORK CITY, CONCERNING A US IMMIGRATION and NATURALIZATION SERVICE MATTER REGARDING A MR. “IBRAHIM DAGHER.”
.
The document measures 8” x 10½” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.
A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR NEW JERSEY/AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION.
On Friday, April 13, 1951, Senator Smith from New Jersey
defended General Douglas MacArthur at length in his US Senate Speech titled, “
The Dismissal of General MacArthur
,”
citing his own visits to Asia and speaking with people there and citing several documents relevant to the case.
MacArthur was
contentiously removed from command
by President
Harry S. Truman
on 11 April 1951.
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
H. ALEXANDER SMITH
Howard Alexander Smith
(January 30, 1880 – October 27, 1966) was an
American
lawyer and politician. A member of the
Republican Party
, he served as a
United States Senator
from
New Jersey
from 1944 to 1959. He was the uncle of
Peter H. Dominick
, who was a Senator from
Colorado
(1963–1975).
Early life and education
H. Alexander Smith was born in
New York City
to Abram Alexander and Sue Lehn (née Bender) Smith. His father was a physician and teacher. He attended the
Cutler School
in New York, and then enrolled at
Princeton University
in
New Jersey
. At Princeton, he studied jurisprudence, political science, and English common law under
Woodrow Wilson
. He graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1901, and later received a
Bachelor of Laws
degree from
Columbia Law School
in 1904.
Smith married Helen Dominick, whom he met during his time at Columbia, in 1902; the couple had two daughters and a son. One daughter,
Helen Smith Shoemaker
, was an author, sculptor and church leader. She married renowned preacher
Sam Shoemaker
in 1925.
Early career
In 1904, Smith was admitted to the
New York State Bar Association
and commenced his practice in New York City, working for the
Legal Aid Society
. Due to poor health, he moved to
Colorado Springs
,
Colorado
, where continued to practice law until 1917. During
World War I
, he worked for the
United States Food Administration
in Colorado and afterwards in
Washington, D.C.
He moved to New Jersey in 1919, and served as executive secretary (assistant to the president) of Princeton University from 1920 to 1927. He then served as a lecturer in Princeton's department of politics (1927–1930), teaching international relations and foreign policy.
While continuing to live in New Jersey, Smith resumed his practice of law in New York City.
He became active in state politics, helping establish the New Jersey Republican Policy Council in 1933 and being appointed treasurer of the
New Jersey Republican State Committee
in 1934. He was later elected chairman of the Republican State Committee, and served as a member of the
Republican National Committee
(1942–1943).
U.S. Senate
He was elected on November 7, 1944, as a
Republican
to the
United States Senate
to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the death of
W. Warren Barbour
.
He was reelected in 1946 and 1952 and served from December 7, 1944, to January 3, 1959. He served as chairman of the
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
(1953–1955), and co-authored the
Smith–Mundt Act
to specify the terms in which the United States government can engage in
public diplomacy
. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958, but served as a special consultant on foreign affairs to the
US Secretary of State
from 1959 to 1960.
Smith died in Princeton at age 86, and is buried in
Princeton Cemetery
.
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