| 词条 | William Orlando Smith |
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William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. BiographySmith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}}{{sfn|The State Departments|page=188}} He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879.{{sfn|The State Departments|page=188}} He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily Era in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892.{{sfn|The State Departments|page=188}} Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907).{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|pages=1, 3}} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|pages=1, 3}} He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney.{{sfn|"Punxs'y Publisher Buried Last Sunday"|page=1}} ReferencesSourcesNewspapers.com
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