Cornell University LL.B. 1936. ‡b Henry P. Smith III was born in North Tonawanda, New York on September 29, 1911. After he received a law degree from Cornell in 1936, he practiced law in Ithaca, New York until 1941, and then in North Tonawanda. He was elected mayor of North Tonawanda in November, 1961 and resigned in January, 1963 to accept appointment as Niagara County judge, surrogate and family court judge for one year. He was elected to the House of Representatives, serving from 1965 to 1974.
Papers of Henry P. Smith III from his terms as a United States Congressman from New York State. Includes transcripts of interviews, correspondence, requests for information, legislation, press clippings, voting records, inter-office memos, subject files, records of committees, and related records. Subjects include armed forces, crime, education, pollution, poverty, taxes, Vietnam War, agriculture, civil rights, drug abuse, and other issues.
Restricted to permission of the regional history archivist. Transcript of oral history interview with Smith conducted by Charles T. Morrissey requires permission of the Association of Former Members of Congress to quote or reproduce.
Henry P. Smith papers, #2867. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
This is a preliminary listing of the papers received on the above date. The Code File has been put in numerical order (prior to the receipt of code file particulars from Naomi Glass, secretary to Congressman Smith) ca. 1967-1971, mainly 91st Congress, some 90th Congress.