Thomas S. Smith (politician)

Thomas S. Smith
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 11th district
In office
January 14, 1992 – September 26, 2002
Serving with Steve Corodemus
Preceded byDaniel P. Jacobson
Succeeded bySean T. Kean
Mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey
In office
1989–1993
Preceded byFrank Fiorentino
Succeeded byDennis M. Buckley
Personal details
Born(1917-12-14)December 14, 1917
Bloomfield, New Jersey
DiedSeptember 26, 2002(2002-09-26) (aged 84)
Trenton, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican

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]

  1. ^ "Tom Smith's legislative web page". Archived from the original on November 8, 2002. Retrieved 2002-11-08., New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "Thomas S. Smith, N.J.'s only black GOP legislator". Associated Press in The Record. September 28, 2002. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 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. ...