Henry Smith.

About Henry Smith

Henry Smith was an American millwright, architect, builder, and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district as a member of the Union Labor Party during the 50th United States Congress (1887–1889). He previously served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a socialist, during the 1878 term, and served two years as Milwaukee city comptroller, elected on the Democratic Party ticket. He also served 25 years as a member of the Milwaukee Common Council, scattered between 1868 and 1916. In addition to his elections on the Union Labor, Socialist, and Democratic tickets, at various other times in his career he ran for office on the Greenback and Populist tickets.