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Darius S. Smith (August 19, 1833 – September 14, 1913) was a
South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
politician. On May 20, 1862, he married Adelia M. Williams. Their daughter, Sylvia, would marry Joseph H. Bottum, later also a member of the South Dakota Senate. Sylvia and Joseph's son, Joseph H. Bottum, would become
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and a member of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
. Writer Joseph Bottum and musician
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are his great-great-grandsons. Smith died on September 14, 1913.


Career

Smith was a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1895 to 1896. Additionally, he was a county commissioner of
Faulk County, South Dakota Faulk County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,125. Its county seat is Faulkton. The county was founded in 1873 and organized in 1883. It is named for Andrew Jackson Faulk, the third ...
and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican.


See also

* Members of the South Dakota State Senate


References


External links

*
The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Darius People from Faulk County, South Dakota Republican Party South Dakota state senators American justices of the peace 1833 births 1913 deaths 19th-century American judges 19th-century members of the South Dakota Legislature