Edward O. Smith

{{short description|American politician (1817 - 1892)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1817|4|15|df=y}}

|birth_name = Edward Owen Smith

| birth_place = Montgomery County, Maryland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1892|3|8|1817|4|15|df=y}}

| death_place = San Jose, California

| other_names = E.O. Smith

| known_for = {{plainlist|

• Mayor of Decatur, Illinois
• Illinois State Senator

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Edward Owen Smith (15 April 1817 – 8 March 1892) was an American pioneer, businessman and politician. He served as the mayor of Decatur, Illinois, an Illinois State Senator, and as a member of both the 1848 Illinois Constitutional Convention and the 1878 California Constitutional Convention.Lake County Publishing Co. (1893). [https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph00lake Portrait and biographical record of Macon County, Illinois], pp. 195–198Taylor, Troy (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=XFIVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 Wicked Decatur], p. 16. The History Press. {{ISBN|1625841167}}