What type of details about george luke smith can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: george luke smith -lrb- december 11 , 1837 -- july 9 , 1884 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from louisiana 's 4th congressional district , which encompasses the state 's third largest city , shreveport , louisiana . born in new boston in hillsborough county in southern new hampshire , smith completed preparatory studies and attended union college , schenectady , new york . during the american civil war , he served in the union army . at the close of the war , he relocated to shreveport and engaged in mercantile pursuits . he served as a member of the louisiana house of representatives from 1870 to 1872 . he served as proprietor of the shreveport southwestern telegram . he served as president of the shreveport savings bank & trust company . smith was elected as a republican to the forty-third congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of representative-elect samuel peters and served from november 24 , 1873 , until march 3 , 1875 . considered a carpetbagger , smith was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the forty-fourth congress and was succeeded for one term by the democrat william m. levy . thereafter , smith was appointed collector of customs at the port of new orleans by u.s. president rutherford b. hayes , a position that he held from may 4 , 1878 , to february 20 , 1879 . he moved to hot springs , arkansas , to engage in the real estate business until his death there on july 9 , 1884 . he is interred at the west street cemetery in milford , new hampshire . smith was the last republican to hold the 4th district house seat in louisiana until 1988 , when jim mccrery won a special election for the position .
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