Summary:
Smith, Frank Leslie, a Representative and a
Senator-elect from Illinois. This book describes
the political career of Frank L. Smith, who refused his
Senate seat in 1926 as a result of an investigation into
his campaign finances. He was the Dwight village clerk
in 1894; an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant
governor 1904; internal-revenue collector 1905-1906;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress
(March 4, 1919-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1920, but was an unsuccessful candidate
for the Republican nomination for United States Senator;
resumed his former business pursuits; chairman of the
Illinois Commerce Commission 1921-1926; appointed as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1926 to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of William B. McKinley
in the term ending March 3, 1927; presented credentials
as a Senator-designate but was not permitted to qualify,
due to charges of "fraud and corruption" in his
campaign; presented credentials as a Senator-elect to
the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4,
1927, but again was not permitted to qualify and
subsequently tendered his resignation on February 9,
1928; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1930 to the
Seventy-second Congress; member of the Republican
National Committee in 1932; continued in real estate and
insurance business and agricultural pursuits; chairman
of the board of directors if the First National Bank of
Dwight, Ill. |
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