in 1904. U.S. Senate After another unsuccessful attempt at a Senate election in 1904, Smith was elected in January 1908 to succeed William Pinkney Whyte whose term ended in 1909. When Whyte died in March 1908, Smith was then also elected to finish the term. He was re-elected in 1914 and served from March 25, 1908, to March 3, 1921. He lost election in 1920 for a third term as Senator to Ovington E. Weller. As senator, Smith was chairman of the Committee to Investigate Trespassers Upon Land (62nd Congress), the Committee on the District of Columbia (63rd through 65th Congresses), and the Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (66th Congress). Smith retired to private life and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He is buried in the Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Snow Hill, MD. References John Walter Smith – Delmarva Heritage Series 3. Charlotte C. Smith Obituary- The Sun (Baltimore) March 24, 1845 External links 1845 births 1925 deaths Democratic Party governors of Maryland Presidents of the Maryland State Senate Democratic Party Maryland state senators People from Snow Hill, Maryland Democratic Party United States senators from Maryland Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland