H. Alexander Smith
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United States Senator from New Jersey |
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In office December 7, 1944 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Harrison A. Williams |
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January 30, 1880 New York City, New York |
| Died | October 27, 1966 (aged 86) Princeton, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
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Cutler School Princeton University |
Howard Alexander Smith (January 30, 1880 – October 27, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959. He was the uncle of Peter H. Dominick, who was a Senator from Colorado (1963–1975).
H. Alexander Smith was born in New York City to Abram Alexander and Sue Lehn (née Bender) Smith. His father was a physician and teacher. He attended the Cutler School in New York, and then enrolled at Princeton University in New Jersey. At Princeton, he studied jurisprudence, political science, and English common law under Woodrow Wilson. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901, and later received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Columbia Law School in 1904.
Smith married Helen Dominick, whom he met during his time at Columbia, in 1902; the couple had two daughters and a son. One daughter, Helen Smith Shoemaker, was an author, sculptor and church leader. She married renowned preacher Sam Shoemaker in 1925.
In 1904, Smith was admitted to the New York State Bar Association and commenced his practice in New York City, working for the Legal Aid Society. Due to poor health, he moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where continued to practice law until 1917. During World War I, he worked for the United States Food Administration in Colorado and afterwards in Washington, D.C. He moved to New Jersey in 1919, and served as executive secretary (assistant to the president) of Princeton University from 1920 to 1927. He then served as a lecturer in Princeton's department of politics (1927–1930), teaching international relations and foreign policy.
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