For the former president of Towson University, see Hoke L. Smith.
Hoke Smith
United States Senator from Georgia
In office November 16, 1911 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by
Joseph M. Terrell
Succeeded by
Thomas E. Watson
58th Governor of Georgia
In office July 1, 1911 – November 16, 1911
Preceded by
Joseph Mackey Brown
Succeeded by
John M. Slaton
In office June 29, 1907 – June 26, 1909
Preceded by
Joseph M. Terrell
Succeeded by
Joseph Mackey Brown
19th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office March 6, 1893 – September 1, 1896
President
Grover Cleveland
Preceded by
John Willock Noble
Succeeded by
David R. Francis
Personal details
Born
Michael Hoke Smith
(1855-09-02)September 2, 1855 Newton, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
November 27, 1931(1931-11-27) (aged 76) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Resting place
Oakland Cemetery
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Birdie Cobb
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Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855 – November 27, 1931) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper owner who served as United States secretary of the interior (1893–1896), 58th governor of Georgia (1907–1909, 1911), and a United States senator (1911–1920) from Georgia. He was a leader of the progressive movement in the South and in the successful campaign to disenfranchise African American voters in 1907.[1]
^Dewey W. Grantham, "Hoke Smith: Progressive Governor of Georgia, 1907-1909." Journal of Southern History 15.4 (1949): 423-440.
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Interior HokeSmith defeated Socialist Party nominee J. B. Osburn in a landslide. On election day, 3 October 1906, Democratic nominee HokeSmith won the...
elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee and former Governor HokeSmith defeated Independent Democratic candidate and incumbent Governor Joseph...
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political enemies was Senator HokeSmith, former owner of The Atlanta Journal, which was still considered to be Smith's political instrument. When the...
the new Governor, HokeSmith, removed Brown over disagreements about passenger fares. Brown exacted revenge by running against Smith in the 1908 gubernatorial...
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end in 1919 and served until losing renomination in 1918. Democrat M. HokeSmith, who had first won in a 1911 special election, was re-elected and would...
Smith-Hughes Vocational School. In 1964, the school's location was moved to Smith High School (now closed), and the school was renamed to HokeSmith Technical...
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gubernatorial election of 1906, in which M. HokeSmith and Clark Howell competed for the Democratic primary nomination. Smith had explicitly "campaigned on a platform...
had corruptly influenced legislation in favor of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad and the Union Pacific Railway, later profiting on the sale of bonds...
their stock car course, totaling 25.13 mi (40.44 km). Georgia Governor M. HokeSmith authorized the use of convict labor to construct the circuit of oiled...
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was burned. In mid-1906, Watson called on Georgia Populists to vote for HokeSmith for governor in the Democratic primary, which fueled speculation that...
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elected as the nominee for the general election over incumbent Governor HokeSmith. On election day, 7 October 1908, Democratic nominee Joseph Mackey Brown...
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