Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Smith, Green Clay
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationProhibition  
<-  1884-11-10  
 
NameGreen Clay Smith
Address
Covington, Kentucky , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born July 04, 1826
DiedJune 29, 1895 (68 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedRBH
Sep 05, 2015 03:04am
Tags
InfoSMITH, Green Clay, (son of John Speed Smith), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 4, 1826; pursued academic studies; served in the Mexican War; commissioned second lieutenant in the First Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, June 9, 1846; was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1849; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Covington, Ky.; was school commissioner 1853-1857; member of the State house of representatives 1861-1863; commissioned colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, April 4, 1862; brigadier general of Volunteers July 2, 1862; resigned December 1, 1863; brevetted major general of Volunteers March 13, 1865; elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until his resignation in 1866; chairman, Committee on Militia (Thirty-ninth Congress); appointed by President Johnson as Governor of Montana Territory and served from July 13, 1866, until April 9, 1869, when he resigned; moved to Washington, D.C., where he was ordained to the Baptist ministry; was the candidate of the National Prohibition Party in 1876 for President of the United States; pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., from 1890 until his death, June 29, 1895; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

[Link]

Photo source (very large image 1884) [Link]

JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
[View All
4
Previous Messages]
Importance? 8.00000 Average

FAMILY
Father John S. Smith 1792-1854

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/07/1876 IL US President Lost 0.03% (-50.16%)
  11/07/1876 KS US President Lost 0.09% (-63.01%)
  11/07/1876 MI US President Lost 0.24% (-52.33%)
  11/07/1876 NY US President Lost 0.23% (-51.16%)
  11/07/1876 OH US President Lost 0.25% (-49.96%)
  11/07/1876 PA US President Lost 0.17% (-50.44%)
  11/07/1876 WI US President Lost 0.01% (-50.56%)
  11/07/1876 CT US President Lost 0.31% (-50.40%)
  11/07/1876 US President National Vote Lost 0.08% (-50.89%)
  05/17/1876 US President - Prb Convention Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/13/1866 MT Territorial Governor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/07/1865 KY - District 06 Won 54.42% (+8.84%)
  08/03/1863 KY - District 06 Won 61.99% (+41.59%)
ENDORSEMENTS