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Smith, James (Manufacturer United States)

manufacturer, United States senator, was born June 12, 1851, in Newark, N. J. He was nominated for mayor of his native city but declined, and has been tendered nearly every office in the gift of his party in the state, but has always refused office. He is a manufacturer of patent and enameled leather in Newark, and conducts the largest business of the kind in the country. He was elected to the United States senate as a democrat, and took his seat in 1893. SMITH, JAMES JACKSON MANNING, soldier, architect, builder, poet, was born Nov. 4, 1839, in Oxford, Ga. During the war he served with distinction in the confederate service. For many years he has resided in Burnet, Texas, engaged as an architect and builder. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and takes a prominent part in public affairs.