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Sanford Willard Smith (August 19, 1869 – January 24, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on August 19, 1869, in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, the son of Henry Smith (died 1895) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith. He attended the district schools and Chatham High School. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1889, was admitted to the bar in 1890, and practiced in Chatham. He married Maude P. Harding, and they had three daughters. He was Assistant Journal Clerk of the State Assembly in 1897.〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1897; pg. 738)〕 Smith was a member of the New York State Assembly (Columbia Co.) in 1901; Judge of Columbia County from 1902 to 1905; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1906 to 1908, sitting in the 129th (24th D.), 130th and 131st New York State Legislatures (both 25th D.).〔(''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes'' ) by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 343 and 366)〕 In March 1918, he was appointed by Gov. Charles S. Whitman as Presiding Judge of the New York Court of Claims,〔(''PLACE FOR SANFORD SMITH'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on March 2, 1918〕 and remained on the bench until January 1927. In February 1928, he was appointed by Gov. Al Smith to the New York Supreme Court (3rd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron V. S. Cochrane until the end of the year.〔(''GOVERNOR PICKS NEW JUDGE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on February 3, 1928 (subscription required)〕 He died on January 24, 1929, at his home in Chatham, New York, from a heart attack;〔(''Sanford W. Smith Dies at Chatham'' ) in ''The Putnam County Courier'' on January 25, 1929〕 and was buried at the Chatham Rural Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sanford W. Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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