Harvey C. Smith | |
Order: | 34th |
Office: | Ohio Secretary of State |
Term Start: | January 13, 1919 |
Term End: | January 8, 1923 |
Governor: | James M. Cox Harry L. Davis |
Preceded: | William D. Fulton |
Succeeded: | Thad H. Brown |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1874 |
Birth Place: | Coshocton County, Ohio |
Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio |
Restingplace: | Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio |
Spouse: | Cora E. Littick |
Children: | one |
Harvey C. Smith (July 7, 1874 - May 26, 1929) was a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who served as Ohio Secretary of State 1919-1923.
Harvey C. Smith was born in Coshocton County, Ohio and moved to Muskingum County, Ohio in childhood.[1] He was a schoolteacher and newspaper publisher before being elected to three terms as Muskingum County Probate Judge, where he earned a statewide reputation.[1] He was elected Ohio Secretary of State in 1918, and re-elected in 1920.[2]
Harvey C. Smith married Cora E. Littick and had one son, Clyde.[1] He died in 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.[3]