William Orlando Smith

William Orlando Smith (June 13, 1859 – May 12, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.

William Orlando Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 27th district
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	Joseph Horace Shull
Succeeded by	Joseph Grant Beale
Personal details
Born	(1859-06-13)June 13, 1859 Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 12, 1932(1932-05-12) (aged 72) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Biography

Smith was born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania on June 13, 1859.^[1][2] He learned the printing trade, and worked as publisher of the Reynoldsville Herald from 1876 to 1879.^[2]

He worked in the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1884.^[1] He returned to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in 1884 and successively edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and the Punxsutawney Spirit.^[1]

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1889 to 1898.^[1] He worked as editor of the Bradford Daily Era in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1891.^[1] He purchased a half interest in the Punxsutawney Spirit in January 1892.^[2]

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (1903 to 1907).^[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. After his time in Congress, he resumed his newspaper interests in Punxsutawney.^[3]

He died in Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1932.^[1] Interment was at Circle Hill Cemetery in Punxsutawney.^[1]