Volney_V._Smith
Volney V. Smith
American politician
Volney Voltaire Smith (September 28, 1841 – April 17, 1897) was an American politician who served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1873 to 1874. He served as president of the Arkansas Senate in 1873.[1]
This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2008) |
He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War including with a "colored" infantry unit.[2]
He was a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1874. He and other Republicans refused to sign the document produced.[2] He made a claim to the governorship in waie of the Brooks-Baxter War but fled after an arrest warrant was sworn out for him and U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant chose not to intervene.[2]
He was born in 1841 to Delazon Smith, a newspaper editor and Democratic Party politician, and Eliza Voke Smith. His second cousin was politician and mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts Edward J. Voke.[citation needed]
He died in the state's mental institution.[2]