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Larkin Irvin Smith (June 26, 1944 – August 13, 1989) was an American Congressman from
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serving for seven months until he was killed in a plane crash in
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in 1989. Smith was born in
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, Mississippi to Nona Orene Bounds and her husband Hezekiah K. Smith Sr. Smith was named after his maternal grandfather Larkin Bounds and his maternal uncle Irvin E. Bounds. He received his bachelor's degree from
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and then served at various positions in the police forces in both
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and then
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counties. He became the police chief in Gulfport and thereafter the Harrison County
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. In 1988, Smith ran for the
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as a Republican from Mississippi's 5th congressional district in the southern portion of the state after eight-term incumbent
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gave up the seat to make a successful run for the
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. He defeated Democratic
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Gene Taylor and took office on January 3, 1989. However, Smith died on the night of August 13 in a plane crash in rural
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near Gulfport after returning from opening the Little League baseball "Dixie Youth World Series" in
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. The bodies of Smith and pilot Chuck Vierling were not recovered until the next morning after a search in which rescuers had to bulldoze their way through the forest. Smith's death came only six days after fellow Representative
Mickey Leland George Thomas "Mickey" Leland III (November 27, 1944 – August 7, 1989) was an American politician and anti-poverty activist. He served as a congressman from the Texas 18th District and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. He was a Democrat. ...
of
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died in a plane crash in
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on August 7, 1989. Taylor would succeed Smith in a
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held some two months after the crash, beating Republican candidate Tom Anderson. Taylor was reelected every two years until 2010, when he was defeated by Republican State Representative
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.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List ...


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections


External links


Infoplease biography of Smith
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Larkin I. 1944 births 1989 deaths American municipal police chiefs Law enforcement officials from Mississippi People from Poplarville, Mississippi William Carey University alumni Mississippi sheriffs Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1989 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Accidental deaths in Mississippi People from Gulfport, Mississippi Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives