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Smith was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He obtained a bachelor's degree from Lafayette College in 1965 and served in the United States Navy from 1965 to 1967, including a year of duty in Vietnam. Smith then taught history and English and got into the real estateReal estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. Real estate is often considered synonymous with real property (also sometimes called realty , in contrast with personal property, or business.
He unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He represented New HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the United States (U. postal abbreviation NH , named for the English county of Hampshire. New Hampshire is called the "Granite State" because it has numerous granite quarries, although that industry ha in the House of Representatives from 1985 to December 1990. He was elected to the Senate in 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo to succeed the retiring Republican Senator Gordon J. Humphrey . He began to serve in December of 1990 because he was appointed to the position early following Humphrey's resignation. Smith was reelected in 1996 and served until 2003.
Smith became the most conservative member of the Senate and in January 1999 announced that he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president (at the time the front-runner was Texas Gov. George W. BushGeorge Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. His first four-year term as President began on January 20, 2001 following the controversial U. presidential election, 2000, where for the first time in American). In July, after failing to gain any ground in the presidential race, Smith announced he was leaving the Republican party and would seek the nomination of ultra-conservative U.S. Taxpayers Party for president. One month later, Smith swore off the Taxpayers party and announced as an independent. He withdrew completely from the race in October and endorsed Bush.
In the meantime, Sen. John ChafeeJohn Lester Hubbard Chafee ( 22 October 1922 24 October 1999) was an officer in the U. Marines, a governor of Rhode Island, the Secretary of the Navy and a United States Senator. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island to a politically active family. (R-R.I.) had died and thus the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksThe United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure. The committee is chaired by Senator James Inhofe ( Republican of Oklahoma). The ranking member is Ind had reopened. Smith recanted his repudiation of the Republican party, claiming it had been "a mistake" and claiming that since he had never officially changed his voting registration that he had never left the party. Smith then was appointed as Chafee's successor to the chairmanship by the G.O.P.
In 2003, Smith was defeated in the Republican primary by John E. SununuJohn Edward Sununu (born September 10, 1964) is a Republican United States Senator from New Hampshire. He is the son of former New Hampshire governor John H. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, John E. Sununu earned a B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Tec.
In 2004, he endorsed John Kerry for president.