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    Smith, Robert I. "R.I."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    Senate 1876-77 (District 4)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Mower

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: ??/??/1838
    Birth Place: New York
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: R.I.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Austin
    Occupation (when first elected): Photographer

    EDUCATION

    Sand Lake Academy, New York; At Least Elementary School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: 9th Minnesota Regiment (United States Civil War); 1862 to 186?

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He moved to Ripon, Fondulac County, Wisconsin in 1853. He moved to Illinois around 1855. He came to Minnesota in 1857 and settled in Rochester, Olmsted County. He went west in search of gold in 1860. He returned to Minnesota in 1862. After the United States Civil War he settled in Austin, Minnesota.

    "Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)

    Total Days Served: 735

    SESSIONS SERVED

    19th Legislative Session (1877)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1877
    Body: Senate
    District: 04
    Elected: 11/2/1875
    Residence: Austin
    Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
    Oath Date: 1/4/1876
    Counties Represented: Mower
    Occupation: Photographer/Former Teacher, 5 years
    Party: Republican Party Notes: "Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)
    Committees:
    • Internal Improvements (Chair)
    • Railroads
    • State Prison

    18th Legislative Session (1876)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1876
    Body: Senate
    District: 04
    Elected: 11/2/1875
    Residence: Austin
    Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
    Oath Date: 1/4/1876
    Counties Represented: Mower
    Occupation: Photographer
    Party: Republican Party Notes: "Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)
    Committees:
    • Insane Asylum
    • Internal Improvements (Chair)
    • Railroads

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