William Grover Smith

6th Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governors: Jane E Norton | Joe Rogers | Gail Schoettler | Sam Cassidy | Mike Callihan | Nancy E Dick | George L Brown | Ted Strickland | John D Vanderhoof | Mark Anthony Hogan | Robert Lee Knous | Frank L Hays | Stephen LR McNichols | Gordon Llewellyn Allott | Charles Murphy | Walter Walford Johnson | Homer L Pearson | William Eugene Higby | John C Vivian | Frank J Hayes | Raymond Herbert Talbot | Edwin C Johnson | George Milton Corlett | Sterling Byrd Lacy | Robert Fay Rockwell | Earl Cooley | George Stephan | James A Pulliam | Moses E Lewis | Stephen R Fitzgarrald | Erastus R Harper | Fred W Parks | Arthur Cornforth | Jesse F McDonald | Warren Armstrong Haggott | David Courtney Coates | Francis Patrick Carney | Jared L Brush | David Hopkinson Nichols | William Story | William Grover Smith | Norman H Meldrum | Peter W Breene | William H Meyer | Horace Austin Warner Tabor | Lafayette Head |

Biography

Golden 1889-1891 Republican

Born: Newton, New Jersey (April 27, 1857) Died: Golden (November 3, 1921) Married: Lake E. Mealy [or Mealey] (September 20, 1882) Children: Jessie, Mary Gertrude, Frederick Pitkin, Margaret L.

Tramway official, newspaper editor, lawyer, teacher. Moved to Golden from Michigan in 1872. Taught in Golden schools briefly. Began newspaper career in office of Golden Globe in 1873; became the proprietor and editor, 1879-1900. Elected to local office as Golden City Clerk in 1880, and Superintendent of Schools, 1884-1888. Served as private secretary to Governor Pitkin in 1882; member of Board of Control of State Industrial School, 1885-1887. Elected a member of House of Representatives of General Assembly and Speaker, 1899-1901. From 1900 to 1918 was associated with Denver Tramway Company, as tax agent and traffic manager; was known as "Tramway Bill". Following retirement from Tramway Company, he practiced law; served as County Attorney, and attorney for State Board of Land Commissioners in 1921.