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JAMES SMITH
Originally published in 1900 |
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JAMES SMITH, Treasurer of the City of Hoboken, N. J., since May,
1888, is the son of James Smith, Sr., and Elizabeth Eaton, and was born in
County Meath, Ireland, May 5, 1848. In 1850 he was brought by his
parents to America. The family settled in Hoboken, Hudson County, and
there Mr. Smith has ever since resided, identifying himself with the growth
and advancement of the city and contributing materially to its general
welfare. lie attended Hoboken Public School No. 1,
being one of its first scholars,
and finished his studies at St.
Francis Xavier College in Neew
York City. Subsequently he
engaged in the provision trade
in Hoboken, and for thirty
years has followed that business with constantly increasing success.
In politics Mr. Smith has always been a Democrat. He was elected Treasurer of the City of Hoboken in May, 1838, and by successive re-elections has ever since held that office with great credit and honor to himself and entire satisfaction to the people. That he is popular, trustworthy, and universally respected is attested by the fact that he has had no opposition at the polls since his first election, and even then his opponent for the office was nominated on an independent ticket and polled a very small vote. Mr. Smith has discharged his duties as Treasurer of the city with unceasing fidelity, and with such marked ability and integrity that in 1806 he was the Democratic nominee for the State Treasurership. He is public spirited, enterprising, and patriotic, prompt and exact in the discharge of every obligation, genial and affable in manner, and popular among all who know him. He is a member and one of the founders of the Columbia Club of Hoboken. Mr. Smith married Miss Minnie Judge, whose father was one of the original Police Commissioners of Hoboken. They have three sons and two daughters.
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