George Edwin Smith

George Edwin Smith
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1898–1904
Preceded byGeorge P. Lawrence
Succeeded byRufus A. Soule
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1897–1900
Succeeded byGeorge R. Jones
Majority3,179 (1899 election)
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Eight Middlesex District
In office
1883–1884
1st City Solicitor of
Everett, Massachusetts
In office
1893–1894
Personal details
BornApril 5, 1849
New Hampton, New Hampshire
DiedApril 26, 1919 (aged 70)
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Sarah Frances Weld, m. October 31, 1876
Alma materBates College

George Edwin Smith (April 5, 1849 – April 26, 1919) was a Massachusetts lawyer, legal writer, and politician. He served three terms as the President of the Massachusetts Senate. Previous to his assumption of the Senate Presidency, he served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate, elected from the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1]

  1. ^ Reno, Conrad (1901), Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century, Boston, Massachusetts: The Century Memorial Publishing Co., p. 421