Thomas S. Smith | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 11th district | |
In office January 14, 1992 – September 26, 2002 Serving with Steve Corodemus | |
Preceded by | Daniel P. Jacobson |
Succeeded by | Sean T. Kean |
Mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey | |
In office 1989–1993 | |
Preceded by | Frank Fiorentino |
Succeeded by | Dennis M. Buckley |
Personal details | |
Born | Bloomfield, New Jersey | December 14, 1917
Died | September 26, 2002 Trenton, New Jersey | (aged 84)
Political party | Republican |
Thomas S. Smith (December 14, 1917 – September 26, 2002) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 until his death in 2002, where he represented the 11th legislative district.[1] At the time of his death, Smith was the oldest serving member of the Assembly and was the only African American Republican in the New Jersey Legislature.[2]
Assemblyman Thomas S. Smith, the state's only black Republican legislator, died Thursday. At 84, he was the oldest member of the assembly. A cause of death was not immediately available. In April, Mr. Smith announced he would not run for a seventh term in November 2003. He said he planned to finish his two-year term and retire, ending 12 years as an assemblyman representing the district that includes Asbury Park. ...