Author: John E. Smith
Born: 1843
Bio: Lawyer. Assistant US District Attorney for Northern New York.
Republican State Senator for New York's 23rd district, elected 1886-7 and 1892-3.

A brief biography is found at 
https://books.google.com/books?id=BaRFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA100

Another is at 
https://books.google.com/books?id=fPMpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA629-IA4