Francis R. Smith
Frank R. Smith | |
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Chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic City Committee | |
In office December 28, 1963 – December 1, 1967 | |
Preceded by | Bill Green, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Bill Green, III |
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner | |
In office January 18, 1955 – January 15, 1963 | |
Governor | George Leader David Lawrence |
Preceded by | James F. Malone, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Audrey Kelly |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |
Preceded by | Fred Gartner |
Succeeded by | Fred Pracht |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | September 25, 1911
Died | December 9, 1982 | (aged 71)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | St. Joseph’s College |
Francis Raphael Smith (September 25, 1911 – December 9, 1982) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, all four of Smith's grandparents were Irish immigrants.[1] He graduated from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia in 1933, and from the law department of Temple University in Philadelphia in 1938. He was a bank examiner with the Pennsylvania State Banking Department in 1938 and 1939. He unsuccessfully sought election to one of Philadelphia County's allotted at-large seats in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1938.
Smith was elected as a Democrat to the 77th Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942. After his term in Congress, he became a United States Marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, serving from January 29, 1943, until his resignation on April 30, 1945. He was appointed collector of internal revenue at Philadelphia on May 1, 1945, and served in that capacity until 1952. He ran for Register of Wills in Philadelphia in 1953, but was unsuccessful. In 1955, Governor George Leader appointed Smith State Insurance Commissioner. In December 1963, he was elected to succeed the recently deceased Congressman Bill Green as Chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party.[2] He was also an elected member of the Board of Revision of Taxes of Philadelphia and member of Board of View of Philadelphia.
He died on December 9, 1982 and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.[3]
Sources
- ^ "United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch, retrieved March 25, 2018
- ^ "Democrats Pick Aide to Succeed Green as Philadelphia Chairman; Haste Opposed In Post Since 1962". The New York Times. December 28, 1963. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "Smith, Francis Raphael 1911-1982". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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