Instead, he served in the Fifty-sixth Congress from March 4, 1899, until he resigned to accept the appointment of United States district judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
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In November 1900, Smith was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to serve out the remainder of the term of Smith McPherson, who had resigned to accept a presidential nomination as federal district court judge.