Douglas Smith | |
State Senate: | Maine |
State: | Maine |
District: | 27th |
Term Start: | December 6, 2006[1] |
Term End: | December 1, 2010[2] |
Preceded: | Paul T. Davis |
Succeeded: | Douglas Thomas |
Office1: | Member of the Maine House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | January 6, 1971[3] |
Term End1: | January 5, 1977[4] |
Predecessor1: | multi-member district |
Successor1: | Stephanie Locke |
Constituency1: | Piscataquis County (1971-1975) 84th district (1975-1977) |
Birth Name: | Douglas Myles Smith[5] [6] |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1946[7] |
Birth Place: | Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, U.S. |
Spouse: | Cartha Palmer |
Residence: | The Villages, Florida, U.S. |
Education: | University of Maine (BA, JD) |
Children: | 2 |
Party: | Republican |
Douglas Myles Smith (born December 11, 1946) is an American politician from Maine. Smith, a Republican, served in Maine House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and the Maine Senate from 2006 to 2010 from District 27, which included his residence of Dover-Foxcroft in Piscataquis County. He chose not to seek re-election in 2010 and was replaced by Republican Douglas Thomas. In 2010, Smith was rumored to have sought the position of Maine Attorney General which eventually went to William Schneider.[8]
Smith earned his B.A. at the University of Maine and his J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. He has practiced law in Dover-Foxcroft for over 31 years.[9] He has also served as a trustee at Foxcroft Academy and as a Piscataquis County Judge of Probate from 1979 to 2006.[10]
Douglas is a 1965 graduate of Foxcroft Academy and lives part-time in The Villages, Florida with his wife Cartha Palmer and two children.[11]