John H. Smithwick
{{short description|U.S. Representative from Florida}}
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| name = John Smithwick
| image = John Harris Smithwick.jpg
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| office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 3rd district
| term_start = March 4, 1919
| term_end = March 4, 1927
| preceded = Walter Kehoe
| succeeded = Tom Yon
| birth_name = John Harris Smithwick
| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|07|17}}
| birth_place = Orange, Georgia, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|12|2|1872|07|17}}
| death_place = Moultrie, Georgia
| restingplace = Westview Cemetery
| party = Democratic
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| education = Reinhardt Normal College
Cumberland University
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John Harris Smithwick (July 17, 1872 – December 2, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1919 to 1927.
Biography
Smithwick was born near Orange, Georgia and attended the public schools. He graduated from Reinhardt Normal College in Waleska, Georgia in 1895 and from Cumberland University's law school in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1897.
= Early career =
Admitted to the bar in 1898, Smithwick entered private practice in Moultrie, Georgia. He moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1906.{{Cite web|title=John Harris Smithwick|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000643|access-date=2022-01-22|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}
= Congress =
Smithwick was elected as a Democrat to the 66th, 67th, 68th, and 69th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1927. He was among those injured in the January 1922 Knickerbocker Theatre roof collapse.{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/01/29/107046527.pdf |title=Partial List of the Dead and Injured In Collapse of Washington Theatre |date=January 29, 1922 |page=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2022-08-10}} Smithwick was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926, losing the primary election to Tallahassee businessman Tom Yon.{{Cite web|title=Bioguide Search|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000643|access-date=2022-01-22|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}
= Later career and retirement =
He engaged in the real estate business in Washington, D.C., and Fort Myers, Florida before retiring in 1932 and resided in Moultrie, Georgia.
= Death and burial =
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|7773612}}
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Category:People from Cherokee County, Georgia
Category:Reinhardt University alumni
Category:Cumberland School of Law alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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