About Clermont Colfax Smith
Lived 1868 – 1939 (aged 71). Clermont Colfax Smith was an American politician, educator and physician.
Clermont Colfax Smith (28 November 1868 – 5 December 1939) was an American educator, physician, and politician.
A native of Adair County, Iowa, born on 28 November 1868, Smith attended county public schools and completed high school in Harlan, then became a country schoolteacher. After taking a college-level course in education, he was elected school superintendent in Fontanelle. Smith resigned the superintendency to enroll at Northwestern Medical School, from which he graduated in 1904. Upon obtaining his medical qualifications, Smith moved to Clarksville and began practicing medicine.
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Clermont Colfax Smith was born on 28 November 1868 in Adair County.
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Clermont Colfax Smith died on 5 December 1939 in Clarksville.
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