Levi P. Smith (August 30, 1885 – June 18, 1970) was a Vermont lawyer, banker and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography Levi Pease Smith was born in Burlington, Vermont on August 30, 1885.World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, entry for Levi Pease Smith, accessed July 6, 2012U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, entry for Levi Pease Smith, accessed July 6, 2012 He attended the schools of Burlington, and was a 1904 graduate of Burlington High School.Walter Hill Crockett, Vermont: The Green Mountain State, Volume 5, 1923 Smith graduated from the University of Vermont in 1908 and Harvard Law School in 1911.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1937 Smith practiced law in Burlington before becoming an executive of the Burlington Savings Bank, an institution managed by members of his family for several generations. He rose through the ranks to become president and chairman of the board.Marquis Who's Who, Who's Who in Commerce and Industry, Volume 1, 1936Institute for Research in Biography, World Biography, Volume 2, 1948, page 4440
A Republican, Smith served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1923 to 1925. From 1925 to 1931 he served in the Vermont Senate, and he was Senate President from 1927 to 1931.Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1939, page 622Vermont Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory, 1943, Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate Since 1870, 2011, page 4
Smith died in Burlington on June 18, 1970.Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, entry for Levi Pease Smith, accessed July 6, 2012Social Security Death Index, entry for Levi Pease Smith, accessed July 6, 2012Bennington Banner, Levi P. Smith Dies, Prominent Vermonter, June 18, 1970
Family In 1914, Smith married Julia Spear Pease of Burlington. They were the parents of sons Frederick Plympton Smith, Robert Pease Smith, and Levi Pease Smith. Smith was the grandfather of Peter Plympton Smith and Charles Plympton Smith.New York Times, Peter Plympton Smith Marries Miss Sarah Giddings in Maine, August 17, 1969
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