Hoke Smith

American politician (1855-1931) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 76

Michael Hoke Smith was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper owner who served as United States secretary of the interior (1893-1896), 58th governor of Georgia, and a United States senator (1911-1920) from Georgia.

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John Willock Noble Preceded Hoke as United States Secretary of the Interior

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As Secretary of the Interior, Smith was responsible for implementing Grover Cleveland's reform of the Grand Army of the Republic's pension program.

Smith c. 1913

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He was a leader of the progressive movement in the South and a white supremacist and segregationist who successfully campaigned to further disenfranchise African American voters in 1907.

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