quadrant of the state from Des Moines to Council Bluffs, an area that he did not know and that did not know him. Therefore he was defeated in the Republican landslide of 1994 by Greg Ganske, mainly due to heavy losses in the western portion of the district. Personal life Neal Smith married Beatrix Havens in 1946 and they had two children: Doug and Sharon. His wife died in 2016. The Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City and the Neal Smith Trail in Des Moines are both named after the former congressman, as well as the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines. The Neal and Bea Smith Law Center at Drake University is named after the former congressman and his wife. In 1996 Smith published his autobiography: Mr. Smith Went to Washington: From Eisenhower to Clinton, in 2009 he wrote Hanging Out in Bur Oak: During the 1930s Depression, Bootleggers, the Draft, World War II, a Leveling Experience and in 2019 From My Century to Yours: Wisdom from the Near 100-Year Life of Former Congressman Neal Edward Smith. At the time of his defeat, he had represented Iowa in Congress longer than anyone in the state's history; he has since been passed by Democrat Tom Harkin, who served for a combined 40 years in the House and Senate, and by Republican Chuck Grassley, who as of 2021 has served for over 46 years in the House and Senate. However, Smith continues to hold the record for service in the House of Representatives. He turned 100 in March 2020. Smith died on November 2, 2021, at the age of 101. References External links Congressman Neal Smith At 99 1920 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American politicians American autobiographers American centenarians Aviators from Iowa Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa Drake University Law School alumni Men centenarians Military personnel from Iowa People from Keokuk County, Iowa Recipients of the Air Medal Shot-down aviators United States Army Air Forces bomber pilots of World War II United States Army Air Forces officers University of Missouri alumni Writers from Iowa