| Summary: | President Franklin Roosevelt had just appointed Smith to a second term as the U.S. marshal of the Northern District of Alabama. A similar photo was published in the Birmingham News on March 20, 1939, with a caption that provided further details about Smith's career: "Before his appointment as U.S. marshal in 1935, Judge Smith served as probate judge of Fayette County from 1917 to 1923, when he was appointed by Gov. Brandon to be state examiner of accounts, a post which he held until 1927. After two years in private business he was reelected probate judge of his native county resigning that place when he was appointed U.S. marshal."
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