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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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SMITH, Thomas Francis, a Representative from New York;
born in New York City, July 24, 1865;
attended the common schools, St. Francis Xavier College, Manhattan College, and the New York Law School from 1899 to 1901;
reporter on the New York World and the New York Tribune;
clerk of the city court 1898-1917;
was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in New York City;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1915 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1916;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Michael F. Conry;
reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress and served from April 12, 1917, to March 3, 1921;
was not a candidate for renomination in 1920;
public administrator of New York from April 1, 1921, until his death in a taxicab accident in New York City April 11, 1923;
interment in Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, N.Y.
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