Thomas F. X. Smith
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Thomas Francis Xavier Smith (July 5, 1928 – May 31, 1996) was a reformist politician and author. He served as mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, from 1977 to 1981.
An unconventional and independent-minded mayor, he was affectionately known as "The Mouth That Roared" due to his outspoken criticism of the political cronyism and corruption for which Hudson County had long been infamous. Smith left the mayor's office for an unsuccessful bid for Governor of New Jersey in 1981, and was unsuccessful in a subsequent bid for the mayoralty of Jersey City in 1989.
Smith wrote a history of Jersey City politics and the attempts to remove the city from the grip of the political machine created by Hudson County political boss and sometimes mayor of Jersey City, Frank Hague entitled Powerticians, which was published by Lyle Stuart, Inc., of Secaucus, New Jersey, in 1982. (ISBN 0-8184-0328-4).
Smith died of cancer in 1996, and is buried in Holy Name Cemetery, in Jersey City.
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- Thomas F.X. Smith, Powerticians. (Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, Inc, 1982).
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