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Addison Gillespie Smith (October 1, 1851 – May 16, 1933) was a lawyer, prosecutor, mayor, and state legislator in Alabama. He served in the
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from 1880 to 1884. He was a member of
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and studied law in Birmingham. He was born in Livingston, Alabama. His father Edward W. Smith (died February 25, 1874) served in the state legislature. A Democrat, he represented
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. Addison Smith graduated from the law department at
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in Tennessee in 1873. He served as mayor of Livingston. He later moved to Birmingham. He married Florence Devereux Hopkins December 1, 1875. He had three sons and a daughter. Edward Devereux Smith was one of their sons. He became a lawyer and wrote about the Smith family's history. Smith was a Democrat and represented
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Democratic Party Alabama state senators {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Addison Gillespie 1851 births 1933 deaths 19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature