Biography

05/08/1864 - 06/22/1930

SMITH, William Stratton, a Representative from Crawford County; born, May 8, 1864 in Aberdeen, Scotland; graduated, Oil City High School; graduated, University of Michigan Law School; teacher; high school principal, Spartanburg, Pa.; elected, register of wills and recorder of deeds, Crawford County (1893-1900); attorney; chair, Crawford County Republican Committee (1905-1906); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Crawford County; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1908; not a candidate for reelection in 1910; general counsel, Wabash Railroad Co.; chief counsel, Spirilla Corset Company; died, June 22, 1930 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.