Smith was born in Newton, New Jersey, on April 25, 1857 and moved to Detroit with his family in 1865. He attended publics schools and moved to Colorado in 1872. He began a career in journalism in 1873 for the Golden Globe, and became an investor in the paper, then sole owner.[2]
He became the speaker of the General Assembly in January 1899.[3] He was a tramway official and lawyer. He also served as the President of the Colorado Senate from 1889-1890.[4]
Around 1900, he became president of the Denver and Intermountain Railroad Company, and retired from the Tramway Company in 1918. He later served as Denver County attorney. He died on November 3, 1921, in Colorado.[2]
william, grover, smith, april, 1857, november, 1921, sixth, lieutenant, governor, colorado, serving, from, 1889, 1891, under, adams, cooper, lieutenant, governor, coloradoin, office, january, 1889, january, 1891governorjob, adams, cooperpreceded, bynorman, mel. William Grover Smith April 27 1857 November 3 1921 was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado serving from 1889 to 1891 under Job Adams Cooper 1 William Grover Smith6th Lieutenant Governor of ColoradoIn office January 8 1889 January 13 1891GovernorJob Adams CooperPreceded byNorman H MeldrumSucceeded byWilliam StoryPersonal detailsBorn 1857 04 27 April 27 1857Newton New JerseyDiedNovember 3 1921 1921 11 03 aged 64 Golden ColoradoPolitical partyRepublicanSpouseLake Erie MealeyBiography editSmith was born in Newton New Jersey on April 25 1857 and moved to Detroit with his family in 1865 He attended publics schools and moved to Colorado in 1872 He began a career in journalism in 1873 for the Golden Globe and became an investor in the paper then sole owner 2 He then became private secretary to Governor Frederick Pitkin in 1880 and superintendent of the Jefferson County schools afterwards In 1899 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado 2 He became the speaker of the General Assembly in January 1899 3 He was a tramway official and lawyer He also served as the President of the Colorado Senate from 1889 1890 4 Around 1900 he became president of the Denver and Intermountain Railroad Company and retired from the Tramway Company in 1918 He later served as Denver County attorney He died on November 3 1921 in Colorado 2 References edit Legislator Record for a b c PRESIDENTS AND SPEAKERS OF THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY A Biographical Portrait from 1876 Denver Colorado 2013 p 81 W G Smith For Speaker The Larimer County Independent January 5 1899 p 6 Retrieved January 5 2020 via Newspapers com PRESIDENTS AND SPEAKERS OF THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY A Biographical Portrait from 1876 Denver Colorado 2013 p 81 Political offices Preceded byNorman H Meldrum Lieutenant Governor of Colorado1889 1891 Succeeded byWilliam Story nbsp This Colorado related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Grover Smith amp oldid 1212220942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
