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SHUMAKER. S. R .:
President of the Windber National Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
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SHUMWAY, Edgar Solomon:
Educator: born in Belchertown, Mass., June 6, 1856: son of Solomon and Susan Shumway; educated Williston Academy; was graduated from Amherst College, 1879; receiving the degrees of A. M .. 1882; Ph. D., 1893; studied Roman law, etc., Berlin and Marburg Universities, Ger- many, 1886-1887. Adjunct Professor and Professor of Latin Language and Litera- ture. Rutgers College, 1883-1960; pur- chased Rutgers art collection; lecturer on Roman law, University of Pennsylvania, 1900; university extension lecturer for New York and New Jersey on Greek, Hellenistic and Roman art. Member of the Philosophical Association of America; Archeological Institute of America: Pres- ident of Rutgers Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety, 1899-1900 and a member of Ameri- can Academy of Political and Social Sci- ence. Edited Latine Journal (monthly), four years. Author of "A Day in Ancient Rome." "Latin Synonyms." "Syllabus of Classical Archeology," "Synopsis
of Sources," "Literature and Language of Roman Law." Contributor to journals and magazines. Married, 1390, Florence Snow. Address, Department of Law, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
SIBLEY, Joseph Crocker:
Congressman (Republican) of Franklin, Venango County, Pa .; born at Friendship, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1850; is a manufacturer and farmer; was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-sixth Con- gresses, and as a Republican to the Fifty- seventh Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Frank- lin, Pa.
SICKEL. Horatio Gates, Jr .:
Major United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Mili- tary Academy, Sept. 1, 1\72: Second Lieu- tenant Fourteenth Infantry, June 15, 1876; transferred to Seventh Cavalry, July 28, 1876; First Lieutenant, Dec. 17. 1882; Cap- tain, May 23. 1896; Major, July 16, 1903. Address, Manila, P. J.
SIGWORTH, John Moore:
Captain United States Army; born near Cooksburg, Forest County, Pa .. Jan. 19, 1860; private and Corporal, Battery L, First Artillery, Jan. 6, 1586-1859: Second Lieutenant Tenth Infantry, 1969; First Lieutenant Ninth Infantry, 1996; Captain Ninth Infantry, 1899; Paymaster by de- tail, 1903; participated in principal battles
and engagements in Santiago, Cuba, cam- paign, Philippine insurrection. campaign in Luzon, P. I., China relief expediton, and campaign in Samar. P. I. In com- mand of guard at main entrance to Forbidden City and United States Lega- tion guard, Peking, China, Oct. 21, 1900, to March 10, 1901. Address, Headquarters Department of the Lakes, Chicago, Ill.
SILLIMAN, Edward S .:
President of the First National Bank of Mahanoy City. Address, Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa.
SILVER, Horace Percy:
Chaplain Unted States Army; born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Nebraska; Chaplain, Feb. 2, 1901; assigned to Thir- tieth Infantry, July 26, 1901. Address, Fort Crook, Neb.
SILVEY, Alexander H .:
Editor; born in Washington, Pa., July 16, 1844; on the paternal side he is of German descent; his grandfather emi- grated from the Fatherland to this coun- try with a large family of children in the early part of this century; attended the public schools of his native town until seventeen years old, when he served a three years' apprenticeship on a news- paper, the Democrat, at Meadville. Pa .; removed to Pittsburg to assume charge of the mechanical department of the Pitts- burg Christian Advocate, which position he held for thirteen years. In 1550 he embarked in business for himself, estab- lishing the Herald at Braddock, near Pittsburg. This he conducted successfully for eight years. In 1887 he founded the Wilkinsburg Call. Married July 30, 1870, Mary, daughter of John Hammett. Re- publican in politics. Address, 7725 Ab- bott St., Pittsburg, Pa.
SIMIM, James C., Jr .:
Treasurer of the Machinists' Supply Company of Pittsburg; born Oct. 7. 1872, in Chicago. Ill ..; educated in the public schools of Chicago. Married Brooke Stephens, Louisville, Ky., on June 1, 1sos; engaged in business of Machinists' Supply Company, August, 1996; in 1900 formed a company to manufacture wagon skeins and hardware at Racine, Wis .; in 1903 established present house at Pitts- burg, Pa. Address, 209 Water St., Pitts- burg, Pa.
SIMPSON, Thomas Brown:
Oil producer; born in the city of Pitts- burg on Jan. 1, 1845; son of Thomas and
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Rachel Ravey Simpson. His parents were born near Belfast, Ireland, and came to America in 1832, locating at Pittsburg. The elder Simpson was Professor of Math- ematics in Dublin College, and engaged in the manufacture of glass shortly after his arrival in America. Mr. Simpson was educated in the public schools of Pitts- burg, and his first occupation in life was on an Iowa farm in 1857. Returning to Pittsburg in 1864 he took a course of book- keeping at Duff's College. He went to Gul City in 1865 to represent Lockhart & Frew, large refiners of oil in Pittsburg. Engaging actively in the business, he became interested in a number of oil- producing companies in the Pennsylvania oil regions. In addition to many other enterprises Mr. Simpson is President of the Citizens' Gas Company the Jonesboro Mining Company of Indiana, and the Bar- stow Mining and Milling Company of Col- orado. Taking an active interest in po- litical affairs, he acted as delegate to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis in 1892, and also to the Re- publican National Convention at St. Louis in 1896. Mr. Simpson is a member of the Ivy Club, Oil City, and the Duquesne Club, Pittsburg. He was married, in Oil City, in 1874, to Miss Laura V. Shively, and they have two daughters. Address, Pitts- burg, Pa.
SIMS, Charles Abercrombie:
Railroad contractor; born June 5, 1866, near Memphis, Tenn .; son of the late Clifford Stanley Sims, Judge of Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey, and Mary Josephine Abercrombie of Natchez, Miss. Married in 1897 Julia, daughter of J. Elfreth Watkins, C. E. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Civil engineer and contractor; resident engineer in charge of building the Pennsylvania Railroad's stone arch bridge over the Conemaugh River at Johnstown. Pa., that stood the Johnstown flood of 1889. Member of the firm of Charles A. Sims & Co., contractors, who built the stone arch bridge over the Dela- ware River at Trenton, N. J., for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Address, Harri- son Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
SIMS, William Sowden:
Lieutenant Commander United States Navy; born in Canada; appointed from Pennsylvania; Naval Academy, June 24. 1876; Midshipman, June 22, 1882; Ensign
(junior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign. June 26, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), May 9, 1893; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1897; Tennessec, North Atlantic Station, 1880- 1882; Colorado, 1882, New York Navy Yard; Swatara, 1883-1885, Yantic, 1885- 1887; nautical schoolship Saratoga, De- cember, 1889, to June, 1893; Philadel- phia, Pacific Station, June, 1893, to Aug- ust, 1894; Charleston, China Station, August, 1894, to July, 1896; Richmond, League Island, September, 1896, to Feb- ruary, 1897; naval attaché, United States Embassies, Paris and St. Petersburg, March, 1897, to November, 1900; Ken- tucky, China, November to March, 1900- 1901; Monterey, China, March, 1901, to October, 1901; Aide to Commander-in- Chief, Asiatic Fleet, Brooklyn, October, 1901, to May, 1902. Fleet Intelligence Officer and Inspector of Target Practice, Asiatic Fleet, New York, May, 1902, to October, 1902. Inspector of Target Prac- tice, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart- ment. since November, 1902. Address, 921 Eighteenth St. N. W., Washington, D. C.
SINKLER, Wharton:
Physician; born at Philadelphia Aug. 7, 1858; son of Charles and Emily Sinkler; received his early education at Gambier, Ohio, and at Aiken, S. C .; entered South Caraolina College, but left at end of fresh- man year on account of closing of college by war; was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania with the degree of M. D. in 186S. Married, 1872, Ella Brock, Philadelphia. Served in the Second South Carolina Cavalry, Confederate States Ar- my, during Civil War; physician in Phila- delphia since 1868; specialist in nervous diseases. Fellow of College of Physicians of Philadelphia, American Neurological Association, American Medical Associa- tion, Association of American Physicians. Philadelphia Neurological Society, Presi- dent of Colony Farm for Epileptics of Philadelphia. Contributor to text books, cyclopedias and medical journals. Ad- dress, 1606 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SIPE, N. L .:
President of the Farmers' National Bank of Somerset. Address, Somerset, Pa.
SIPE, Willlam Allen:
Lawyer: born July 1, 1941, in Fultoa County, Pa .; son of George W. B. and Martha A. (Tanner) Sipe; educated at the public schools and at Cassville Seminary,
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Huntington County; studied law at Hunt- ington and was admitted to the bar there Aug. 14, 1865. He practiced in Hunting- ton County until. Jan. 1, 1867, and then removed to Indianapolis, Ind., where he practiced until November, 1868, then re- moving to Pittsburg; was admitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 28. 1868; was a member of the Fifty-second and Fifty- third Congresses. Address, 432 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
SIPES, J. Nelson :
President of the Fulton County Bank. Address, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pa.
SIPPLE, Ernest W .:
High school principal; teacher; born at Frederica, Del., June 30, 1876; was gradu- ated from Delaware College, Delaware, in 1897; taught in Downington, Pa., from 1899 to 1903. Principal of schools, Mon- trose, Pa., 1903. Address, Montrose, Pa.
SISSON, A. E .:
State Senator from Erie County, Pa .; born in Dayton, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1851; edu- cated in the common schools, the Kings- ville Academy, Ohio, and the Seminary at North East, Pa .; was admitted to the Erie County bar in 1881; served as Chair- man of the Republican County Committee in 1885, and again in 1SS6; was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the county in 1887, and re-elected in 1890; has been for a number of years Solicitor for the Coun- ty Commissioners; was elected to the Sen- ate in November, 1900. Address, Erie, Pa.
SITLER, Wallace A .:
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Schuylkill County; born in Carbon County, Pa., Dec. 2, 1862; educated in the public schools; when twenty years old he learned the trade of butcher and continued in that business about ten years; is now proprietor of the White House Hotel. near Tamaqua, and is also engaged in the lumber and timber business; was elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- dress, Tamaqua, Pa.
SITTSER, F. L .:
President of the Wyoming National Bank. Address, Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pa.
SIVITER, Francis Pierpont:
Captain United States Army; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet
Military Academy, June 17, 1891; Second Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, June 12, 1895; First Lieutenant First Infantry, July 1$98; assigned to Eighteenth Infantry, Jan. 1, 1899; transferred to Eleventh In- fantry, May 15, 1899; Captain Forty-first United States Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 17, 1899, to May 3, 1901; Captain Twenty- eighth Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal.
SIVITER, William Henry :
Member of the editorial staff of the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph; born in Dudley, England, May 25, 1858: educated in the public schools of Pittsburg and in the State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va .; became editor and manager of the Oil City Derrick in 1882; joined editorial staff of Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph in 1885. Married Anna Pierpont, daughter of Hon. Francis Harrison Pierpont, the loyal war Governor of Virginia, June 24, 1886. Has been a contributor to the lead- ing humorous publications of the United States for eighteen years. Republican in politics. Address, 122 Dithridge St., Pitts- burg, Pa.
SKELDING, Francis Hobbs:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion Pay- master Henry T. Skelding. Elected May 6, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.
SKILES, John D .:
President of the Fulton National Bank of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Lan- caster County, Pa.
SKILTON, John Davis:
Educator; born at Monroeville, Ohio, March 15, 1867; son of Alvah Stone Skilton and Amanda (Davis) Skilton: graduate of Kenyon College, Ohio, with degrees of A. B. 1SSS and A. M. 1891; Protestant Epis- copal Divinity School, Philadelphia, 1892; ordained to Protestant Episcopal minis- try, 1892. Married at Ogontz. Pa .. June 24, 1902, Ida Beistle. Principal of Chel- tenham Military Academy. Ogontz, Pa., 1899-1903; Chaplain Third Regiment. Na- tional Guard of Pennsylvania. April 30, 1903. Head master Melrose Academy for Boys since June 10, 1903. Member of Uni- Versity Club of Philadelphia.
Address, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
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SKINNER, George Washington:
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- ery of the Milltary Order of the Loyal Legion; private Seventy-seventh Pennsyl- vania Infantry, Nov. 1, 1562; Sergeant, July 5, 1864; discharged for promotion, Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieutenant Seventy- seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 8, 1864; Captain, Aug. 1. 1865; honorably mustered out. Dec. 6, 1865. Elected Feb. 3, 1892. Address. care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- delphia, Pa.
SKINNER, Henry :
Entomologist; physician; born in Phila. delphia March 27, 1861; son of William S. and S. I. Skinner; preparatory education was received at Rugby Academy, Phila- delphia; was graduated from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, receiving the de- grees of B. S., 18$1, and M. D., 1884. Mar- ried. in Philadelphia. Miss C. A. Beck. Practiced medicine from 1SS4 to 1900; since 1900 devoted entire attention to entomology. State Entomologist of Penn- sylvania; Professor of Entomolgy, Penn- sylvania Horticultural Society; special cu- rator of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; curator and Secretary of American Entomological Society; Vice Fresident American Association Econom- ical Entomologists. Editor of Entomolog- ical News. Has written numerous papers on original researches in entomology. Ad- dress, Academy of Natural Sciences, Phil- adelphia, Pa.
SKYLES, John B .:
President of the Morrison's Cove Bank. Address, Martinsburg, Blair County, Pa.
SLATAPER, Felicien:
United States Vice Consul; born at Trieste, Austria. April 19. 1828; educated in common schools of Trieste and the Polytechnic College of Vienna; was grad- uated from the latter in 1848; emigrated to the United States in 1850, and entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad as draughtsman; subsequently was for several years assistant engineer of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail- way Company; from 1870 to 1890 was Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Com- pany for the lines northwest of Pittsburg; in 1890 became Consulting Engineer of this company, and held this position for nine years: appointed Vice Consul at Trieste. Nov. 2, 1599. Address, Trieste,
SLATER, Thomas Ogden:
Hardware merchant; born Feb. 8, 1842, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland; is the eldest son of John and Ann Jackson Slater, who were English people sojourning at Glasgow at that time. In 1853 they came to Philadelphia, and in 1856 removed to Warren County, Pa. He was educated in Philadelphia and continued to reside there and in Salem County, N. J., until 1862, when he enlisted in Company H Twlefth New Jersey Volunteers, which became part of Smyth's Brigade, Hay's Division, Hancock's Corps, Army of the Potomac. Served in battles of the great Second Corps, from Chancellorsville to the Wilderness fight, when he was wounded in the thigh. In 1864 he received a com- mission as First Lieutenant, and was in command of the company on the morn- ing of May 6, when he was wounded. Re- joined his regiment in front of Petersburg on July 30. 1864, and was detailed as Ad- jutant of the regiment. On Oct. 20 re- ceived commission as Captain of Com- pany K; on Oct. 27 was captured as a prisoner in battle of Hatcher's Run, Va .: confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va .. and at Danville, Va .; exchanged Feb. 22, 1865; mustered out of service with regiment at Trenton, N. J., June 17, 1865. At the close of the war engaged in lum- bering at Warren, Pa .; in 1893 in the hardware business, and is sole owner of the business of T. O. Slater & Co. Was married in October, 1870, to Sara M. Wil- son, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died Dec. 26, 1889; was married March 4, 1891, to Julia Conkling Jarvis. Member of Grand Army of the Republic and Companion of Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Pennsylvania. Address, Warren, Pa.
SLAYMAKER, Peter E .:
President of the People's National Bank of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster. Pa.
SLOKOM, S .:
President of the National Bank of Christiana. Address, Christiana, Lancas- ter County, Pa.
SMAIL, Edward James:
Lawyer; born Dec. 24, 1859, at Greens- burg. Pa. He moved with his parents to Johnstown, Pa .. when three years old, and there attended the public schools After completing his preliminary studies. he attended the Greensburg Academy.
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which he left in 1876, and taught several years in the public schools. He next at- tended the Southwestern State Normal College at California, Pa., graduating in June, 1880, and in August of that year removed to Pittsburg, entering the office of Col. William A. Stone. In January, 1883, was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- ty bar. Mr. Smail since 1884, has resided at Braddock, Pa., and is prominently identified with the civil and social life of that town. Address, 440 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa.
SMEARBAUGH, Wm .:
Lumberman; born in Tionesta Town- ship, Forest County, Oct. 7, 1854; son of Ferdinand and Dorcas Mathe Smear- baugh, natives of Germany; was reared in Tionesta and educated in the public schools. Embarked in the hotel business in 1881, and conducted the Lawrence House for two years. In 1880 engaged in the mercantile business; continued in the same till 1900. Became interested in the manufacture of lumber in 1886; has con- tinued in this business, being now largely interested in the Warren Lumber Com- pany. In 1$$3 was elected Treasurer of Forest County, serving one term of three years. On March 22, 1SS1, married Eva A., daughter of Daniel Stowe and Eliza- beth Spence Knox; they have three daughters. Mr. Sincarbaugh is also Vice President of the Forest County National Bank. Address, Tionesta, Pa.
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SMEDLY, Samuel L .:
Ex-Chief Engineer and Surveyor of Philadelphia; born at Edgemont, Delaware County, Pa., Dec. 29, 1832, and died July 21, 1894, the descendant of a fami- ly which came to Pennsylvania with William Penn in 1682. They settled near the town of Media, Delaware Coun- ty, where the old estate is still owned and the mansion occupied by the de- scendants of the family. Mr. Smedley was educated in the Westtown Friends' School and a classical school in German- town; subsequently studied surveying; laid out a part of West Philadelphia in 1856, and soon after published the first complete map of Philadelphia. From 1858 to 1872 he was a member of the Board of City Surveyors, and from 1872 to 1593, when he resigned, was Chief Engineer and Surveyor of Philadelphia. During this pe- riod he built the fine bridges over the Schuylkill at Market, Walnut and Spring Garden Streets, and the especially large
and handsome bridege at Girard Avenue; constructed the tunnel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in front of Fairmount Park, and did an enormous amount of work in constructing sewers, grading streets, etc. He took an active part in the acquisition of Fairmount Park and in laying out this splendid pleasure ground. On his resignation in 1893, in consequence of illness, the City Councils tendered him the thanks of the city for his many years of valuable public service. Mr. Smedley is a member of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers, the En- gineers' Club, the Franklin Institute, His- torical and Antiquarian Societies, Union League, and various other associations. Like his ancestors, he is a member of the Society of Friends.
SMITH, A. G. CHRISWELL:
School principal; born Sept. 16, 1853, in West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pa .; educated in the public schools, Smithsonian Institute, and Mil- lersville State Normal School, graduating in 1876. Taught in the public schools of Lancaster and Chester Counties. Was prinicapl of Lansford High School, 1579- 1881; Media High School, 1$$1; Lower Chichester schools, 1885-1887; County Su- perintendent of Public Schools, Delaware County, since 1SS7. Elected Chief Bur- gess of Media in February, 1903, for a term of three years. Address, Media ,Pa.
SMITH, Allen:
Colonel United States Army; born in Florida; appointed from Pennsylvania; Ca- det Naval Academy, July 8, 1863, to April 3, 1866; Second Lieutenant, First Infantry July 18, 1866; First Lieutenant, April 22, 1868; Regimental Adjutant, April 21, 1869, to March 16, 1SS0; Regimental Quarter- master, March 16, to May 1. 1SS0; Captain. May 21, 1SS0; transferred to Fourth Cav- alry, Dec. 6, 1SS0; Major First Cavalry. Nov. 21, 1897; Lieutenant Colonel. Feb. 2. 1901; Colonel Sixth Cavalry, June 28. 1902. Address, Fort Meade, S. Dak.
SMITH, A. L .:
President of the Miners' National Bank. Address. Blossburg, Tioga County, Pa.
SMITH, Andrew Thomas, A. M., Pd. D .:
Principal; born Sept. 10, 1862, near Nor- ristown, Pa .: educated in the West Ches- ter Normal School, being graduated in i 1883. later entered Now York University | School of Pedagogy, receiving degree of
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Doctor of Pedagogy in 1893. One year was spent in special study of philosophy under Dr. Geo. Fullerton, of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, and Pedagogy under Dr. W'm. H. Payne, of University of Michi- gan. In June, 1903, the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred by Lafayette Col- lege. He taught in the public schools; Principal of Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphan School; Professor of Pedagogy in the West Chester Normal School four- teen years, during which time he was vice principal and acting principal; prin- cipal of Mansfield, Pa., Normal School since 1899; institute lecturer and writer upon pedagagy, his chief work being "Systematic Methodology," published in 1900. In 1SS8 he married Lizzie F. Ogden, of Cape May City, N. J. Address, Mans- field, Pa.
SMITH, Arthur Donaldson:
Explorer; born in Philadelphia in 1864; he studied medicine and was graduated with the degree of M. D. from the Medi- cal Department of the University of Penn- sylvania: studied at Harvard, Johns Hop- kins and Heidelberg. Soon after finishing his education, he started on an expedition through Africa, with scientific staff pro- vided by British Museum; journeyed from Berbera to' Lake Rudolph and Stephanie. Awarded patron's medal by Royal Geo- logical Society, London, May 21, 1902. Member of American Philosophical Soci- ety. etc. Author of "Through Unknown African Countries." Address, 1820 Chest- nut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
SMITH, C. D .:
President of the Farmers' Bank of Mc- Sherrystown. Address, McSherrystown, Adams County, Pa.
SMITH, Charles Emory:
Journalist and ex-Postmaster General; born in Mansfield, Conn., Feb. 18, 1842; son of Emory B. and Arvilla T. Smith. and a descendant of Isaac Smith, a Cap- tain in the Revolutionary War. The family removed to Albany, N. Y., when he was seven years old, and here he was educated in the public schools, Albany Academy. and Union College, Schneetady, where he was graduated in 1861. He ed- ited a daily paper in Albany for six months when he was sixteen years of age, during his school life at Albany Academy. In 1861 he became engaged under General Rathbone in raising and organizing regiments for the war; after-
ward taught for several years in Albany Academy, and in 1865 became editor of the Albany Express, to which he had previously contributed leading articles. During this interval, in 1863, he married Ella Huntly. They have no children. The Express greatly developed under Mr. Smith's editorial control, but he left it in 1870 to become editor of the Albany Journal, the recognized Republican organ in that city. He remained connected with the Journal till 1SS0, meanwhile taking an active part in politics, especially in connection with the Republican State Committee, the State party platforms for several years being practically his work. He was the first to introduce in these platforms an indorsement of the new doc- trine of civil service reform. He served as Regent of the University of New York, 1879-1880. In 1880 Mr. Smith removed to Philadelphia, where he became editor of the Press, the most influential Republican organ of that city. He has since that date been editor of that journal, which has played a leading part in party poli- tics under his control. Mr. Smith's ac- tive connection with political affairs has been long continued, and he has taken part in several Republican National Con- ventions, in which he was an efficient aid in preparing the party platforms. In 1890 he was appointed by President Harrison United States Minister to Russia, where he remained until 1892; and in April, 189S he became a member of President Mc- Kinley's Cabinet as Postmaster General. In this position he had much to do withi the establishment of free rural delivery of the mails, and remained in office until after the assassination of President Mc- Kinley, resigning on Jan. 15, 1902, under the Roosevelt Administration, to resume his editorials duties. During this period Mr. Smith received the honorary degree of LL. D. from Union College, 1SS9; La- fayette College, 1899; Knox College, 1900, and Wesleyan University. 1901. He is a member of the Masonic order, the Union League, Philadelphia, and the Union League Club. New York. Address, 200S Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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