Smith McPherson

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Smith Mcpherson (February 14, 1848 - January 17, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born near Mooresville, Indiana, Mcpherson attended the common schools and Mooresville Academy. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Iowa at Iowa City in June 1870. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Red Oak, Iowa. State's attorney in 1872. He served as Attorney General of Iowa 1881–1885, when he resumed the practice of law.

Mcpherson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his resignation on June 6, 1900, to accept the appointment of United States district judge for the southern district of Iowa. He served until his death in Red Oak, Iowa, January 17, 1915. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

[edit] See also

List of Iowa Attorneys General

[edit] References

• Smith McPherson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress