Elliott F. Smith Explained

Elliott F. Smith
State Assembly:New Jersey
District:16th
Term Start:January 10, 1978
Term End:January 10, 1984
Alongside:Walter J. Kavanaugh
Predecessor:John H. Ewing
Successor:John S. Penn
Birth Date:11 February 1931
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Party:Republican

Elliott F. Smith (February 11, 1931 – March 1987) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1984, representing the 16th Legislative District.[1] [2]

Born in New York City, Smith grew up in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey and attended Somerville High School before studying agriculture at Rutgers University.[3] A resident of the Belle Mead section of Hillsborough Township, Smith was a partner of Sentry Electric Company.[2]

In 1974, Smith was appointed to fill the seat on the Hillsborough Township Committee that became vacant when Warren Nevins resigned to take a seat on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter H. Waggonner . G .O .P . Faces Aggressive Challenge In Central Jersey Assembly Race . Nytimes.com . 1977-10-14 . 2018-02-20.
  2. Web site: Martin Waldron . The Legislature-A Profile Of Changing Power . Nytimes.com . 1978-02-26 . 2018-02-20.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=kmskAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Elliott+F.+Smith+Rep+hillsborough%22 Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984
  4. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/222620989/ "Hillsborough fills committee post"