ROBERT SMITH

SMITH, Robert, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 13, 1866 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; employed, Wanamaker and Brown, clothiers; manager, William H. Wanamaker Clothing; director, Young Men’s Republican Club; elected, common council, city of Philadelphia; elected, school board, city of Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1890; reelected to the House for 3 more consecutive terms, not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); died, May 9, 1920 in New York City, New York County, New York; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.