Early Life
The son of Governor J. Gregory Smith, nephew of Congressman Worthington Smith, grandson of Congressman John Smith, and grandson of Senator Lawrence Brainerd he graduated from Yale University in 1875, and was a member of the Skull and Bones Society. He received a law degree from Columbia University in 1877 and became an attorney in St. Albans, Vermont. The Smith family was one of Vermont's most prominent, with business holdings in railroads, manufacturing and other enterprises.
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