district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession term_end birth_date alt term_start image article_title state name restingplace
4th john w. lewis ben johnson 17 december 1928 hart county , kentucky hodgenville , kentucky democrat lawyer march 3 , 1907 19 december 1854 a a dark coat and white shirt man with dark hair and a mustache wearing march 4 , 1897 david-highbaugh-smith . jpg david highbaugh smith
 kentucky david highbaugh smith red hill cemetery
david highbaugh smith

david highbaugh smith -lrb- december 19 , 1854 - december 17 , 1928 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from kentucky .
born near hammonville , hart county , kentucky , smith attended the public schools and the colleges at horse cave , leitchfield , and hartford , kentucky .
he studied law .
he was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in hodgenville , kentucky .
superintendent of common schools for larue county in 1878 .
county attorney for larue county 1878-1881 .
he served as member of the state house of representatives 1881-1883 .
he served in the state senate 1885-1893 , and as president pro tempore 1891-1893 .
smith was elected as a democrat to the fifty-fifth and to the four succeeding congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1897 -- march 3 , 1907 -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1906 .
he was one of the managers appointed by the house of representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against charles swayne , judge of the united states district court for the northern district of florida .
he resumed the practice of law .
he served as president of the farmers ' national bank of hodgenville , kentucky .
he died in hodgenville , kentucky , december 17 , 1928 .
he was interred in red hill cemetery .
