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Portland, Maine, Smith was the son of John Parker and Margaret (Bolton) Smith. His father was a well-known barber in a city hotel. As a child, Smith studied in
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Westbrook Seminary for two years, he was hired to be school principal and then superintendent of schools in the small town of
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Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts. The salary was $ 6,500 per year with a term of five years. In 1932, he was elected as to the
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and in so doing became the organization's youngest leader at the age of 33. In May 1907, Smith was appointed by
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public schools after the resignation of
Bertram C. Richardson. In 1906, he was elected president of the
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