Anthony Smith (politician)

Anthony Smith was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Tyler County and served from 1901 to 1903.

Early and family life
He was born January 9, 1844, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. At age 4, he moved with his father to Virginia (years before the state of West Virginia was created). On August 14, 1862, when he was 18 years old, he enrolled in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He served for two years before being captured. He remained a prisoner of war until the Confederacy was defeated.

Career
He served numerous political offices over the years, including state delegate, state senator, and prosecuting attorney of Tyler County. He was President of the Senate during his last term. In 1888 he was a Presidential elector.

On December 20, 1870, he married Martha F. Holland, they had two children, a son and daughter.

Death and legacy
He died sometime in the 1920s.