Henry Cassorte Smith ( June 2 , 1856 – December 7 , 1911 ) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan . Smith was born in Canandaigua , New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra , Michigan . He attended the common schools and graduated from Adrian College in 1878 . He taught school , studied law , and was admitted to the bar on September 25 , 1880 . He commenced practice in Adrian where he became city attorney . Smith was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention . Two years later he was elected as a Republican from Michigan 's 2nd congressional district to the 56th United States Congress , after defeating the Republican incumbent in the primary . He was re-elected to the 57th Congress in 1900 , serving from March 4 , 1899 to March 3 , 1903 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1902 , losing in the Republican primary election to Charles E. Townsend
1896 Republican National Convention
1896 Republican National Convention
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