George Ross Smith

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = George Ross Smith

|image = GeorgeRSMith.jpg

|state = Minnesota

|district = {{ushr|MN|5|5th}}

|term_start = March 4, 1913

|term_end = March 3, 1917

|predecessor = Frank Nye

|successor = Ernest Lundeen

|birth_date = {{birth date|1864|5|28}}

|birth_place = St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1952|11|7|1864|5|28}}

|death_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S

|party = Republican

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|education = University of Minnesota

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George Ross Smith (May 28, 1864 – November 7, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

Early life and education

He was born in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and Sauk Centre (Minnesota) Academy; was graduated from the law school of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1893.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/progressivemenof00shut/page/471/mode/1up |title=Progressive Men of Minnesota |editor1-first=Marion D. |editor1-last=Shutter |editor2-first=J. S. |editor2-last=McLaine |publisher=The Minneapolis Journal |page=471 |date=1897 |access-date=2023-02-07 |via=Internet Archive}}

Legal career

He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Minneapolis. He became a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1903, and was a judge of the probate court of Hennepin County, Minnesota from 1907 to 1913.

Political career

He elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law and taught law classes at Minneapolis-Minnesota Law School.

Death

He died in Minneapolis on November 7, 1952, and was buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17300577/star-tribune/ |title=Judge Smith, Lawmaker, Dies at 88 |newspaper=Star Tribune |page=9 |date=1952-11-08 |access-date=2023-02-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}