J. Joseph Smith
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John Joseph Smith (January 25, 1904 - February 16, 1980) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Smith attended the public schools. B.A., Yale University, 1925. Law department of the same university, LL.B., 1927. Research fellow, Yale Law School from 1927 to 1928. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Waterbury, Connecticut. He served in the Field Artillery Reserves 1925-1935.
Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, until his resignation on November 4, 1941, having been appointed a United States district judge for the district of Connecticut. He was appointed judge for the Second Circuit Court of the United States on September 2, 1960, and served until November 6, 1971, when he retired to become a senior judge. Resided in West Hartford, Connecticut, until his death in Waterbury, Connecticut, February 16, 1980. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury.
