Joe L. Smith’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American politician
A.K.A. Joseph Luther Smith, Joseph Smith
Was Politician 
From United States of America 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 22 May 1880
Death 23 August 1962, Beckley
(aged 82 years)

Joseph Luther Smith, commonly known as Joe L. Smith (May 22, 1880 – August 23, 1962), was an American politician, and a member of the Democratic Party from West Virginia.
He was born in Marshes (now Glen Daniel, West Virginia) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where he attended public and private schools. Smith was editor and owner of Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia. In addition, he was engaged in the real estate and banking businesses. His political career began in 1904, when, at age of 24, he became mayor of Beckley, a post he held for 25 years until 1929. He also served in the State Senate (1909–1913). Smith was elected to the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia’s 6th District in 1928, where he served eight two-years term (March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1945). He rose to become chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining (Seventy-second through Seventy-eighth Congresses). He didn’t seek a ninth term in 1944. Fellow Democrat E. H. Hedrick replaced him. After leaving politics, Smith resumed his banking career and resided in Beckley, where he died. He is interred in Sunset Memorial Park.
His son Hulett C. Smith served as Governor of West Virginia.

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