Smith, Robert I. "R.I."
Senate 1876-77 (District 4)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Mower
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1838
Birth Place:
New York
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
R.I.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Austin
Occupation (when first elected):
Photographer
EDUCATION
Sand Lake Academy, New York; At Least Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
9th Minnesota Regiment (United States Civil War);
1862 to 186?
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He moved to Ripon, Fondulac County, Wisconsin in 1853. He moved to Illinois around 1855. He came to Minnesota in 1857 and settled in Rochester, Olmsted County. He went west in search of gold in 1860. He returned to Minnesota in 1862. After the United States Civil War he settled in Austin, Minnesota.
"Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)
Body: Senate
District: 04
Elected: 11/2/1875
Residence: Austin
Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
Counties Represented:
Mower
Occupation: Photographer/Former Teacher, 5 years
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: "Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)
Committees:
-
Internal Improvements (Chair)
-
Railroads
-
State Prison
Body: Senate
District: 04
Elected: 11/2/1875
Residence: Austin
Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/7/1878
Counties Represented:
Mower
Occupation: Photographer
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: "Politics, Republican." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and of the 19th Minnesota State Legislature, by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 20)
Committees:
-
Insane Asylum
-
Internal Improvements (Chair)
-
Railroads