In 1876, he was offered appointment as United States Attorney in Wisconsin, to succeed Judge Levi Hubbell, but declined. He was urged to seek election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on the death of Chief Justice Edward George Ryan, in 1880, but again declined. In business, Smith was a successful investor. He had a large stake in the Cream City Street Railroad and was president of the company for a number of years. In 1890, the company sold its assets and Smith returned a large profit, which he further invested into the Menominee Falls Quarry and the Milwaukee & Superior Railway Company, of which he also became president. In his later years, he made several trips to Europe with his family. On one such trip to London with his daughter, he was struck by angina pectoris and died. Family Smith was married and had at least six children. He was survived by his wife and five of his children. His daughter Anna married Dr. Nathaniel W. Emerson of Boston Grace Smith also lived in Boston another daughter moved to London Harry Smith lived in Edgewater, Chicago Winfield Robert Smith moved to Seattle His daughter Evelyn died before him, in 1894. She was a stage performer who married the actor William Stafford, and used the stage name Evelyn Foster Stafford. They had a Shakespearean theater company known as the Stafford-Foster Company. Electoral history Wisconsin Attorney General (1863) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 3, 1863 Wisconsin Assembly (1871) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 7, 1871 References External links The Political Graveyard People from Green Bay, Wisconsin Politicians from Milwaukee Wisconsin Attorneys General Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly University of Michigan alumni 1827 births 1899 deaths 19th-century American politicians