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American attorney and judge

Edward L. Smith
35th Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
In office
April 5, 1910 – April 2, 1912
Preceded byEdward W. Hooker
Succeeded byLouis R. Cheney
Connecticut Judge of Common Pleas for Hartford County
In office
1915–1919
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
In office
1919–1923
PresidentWoodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Preceded byJohn F. Crosby
Succeeded byAllan K. Smith
Personal details
BornEdward Lawrence Smith
(1875-01-22)January 22, 1875
Hartford, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 9, 1923(1923-02-09) (aged 48)
Hartford, Connecticut
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materYale
Yale Law School

Edward Lawrence Smith (January 22, 1875 – February 9, 1923) was an American attorney and judge who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under two presidents. In addition he was the 35th Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut.

Biography

Born to Andrew Jackson and Julia Agnes (Burke) Smith on January 22, 1875, in Hartford, Connecticut, Edward L. Smith was one of 5 children. He would go on to become a lawyer, politician, and judge in Connecticut. He served a four-year term as United States Attorney after resigning from the bench. His first political ventures where running for the Connecticut House of Representatives, however he never was elected to that body. He served as the mayor of Hartford for one term as a Democrat in a heavily Republican town.

He died from pneumonia at his home in Hartford on February 9, 1923.

Notes

  1. Spelled "Laurence" in some sources.

References

  1. ^ "District Attorney Edward L. Smith Dies of Pneumonia". Hartford Courant. February 9, 1923. pp. 1, 10. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Souvenir Book of the Municipal Building Dedication. City of Hartford, Connecticut. 1915. p. 11. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
  3. "About the Office". www.justice.gov. March 18, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. Tuttle, Roger W., ed. (1911). Biographies of Graduates of the Yale Law School, 1824–1899. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. pp. 986–987. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. "Business on the Calendar". Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Connecticut: 865. 1918. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
  6. Chadwick, Earl Leslie (1909). The Conservative Advocate: A Book of Biographies of Connecticut's Successful Men, with Essays on Conservatism by Well Known Writers. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
  7. Municipal Register of the City of Hartford. 1911.


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