Edward Everett Smith

Edward Everett Smith was a Minnesota legislator and the 18th lieutenant governor of Minnesota. He was born in Spring Valley, Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from January 7, 1895 - January 1, 1899 and served in the Minnesota Senate from January 2, 1899 - June 25, 1910. He was the President pro tempore when Adolph Olson Eberhart became Governor of Minnesota so he replaced Eberhart as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from September 25, 1909 – January 3, 1911. He kept his position as state senator until his term ended while being Lieutenant-Governor. He died in 1931 in Minneapolis.