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Robert B. Smith (born December 29, 1854 – died November 16, 1908) was a Democrat and the third Governor of Montana from 1897 to 1901.

Biography

Smith was born on a farm in Hickman County, Kentucky, and educated in the local schools. At the age of twenty, he completed his education at the high school in Milburn, Kentucky, then taught in that school for one year. Moving to Charleston, Missouri in September 1876, he was elected principle of the Charleston Classical Academy until June 1877.

Career

In June 1877, Smith bagan reading law in the office of Colonel Edward Crossland in Mayfield, Kentucky. In October, he was admitted to the bar in Mayfield and began practicing law. He married Catherine Crossland and they had two children, Mary and Edward.

Smith moved to Dillon, Montana and practiced law from September 1882 to 1889. Then he moved to Helena, Montana, and formed a law partnership with the Honorable Samuel Word.

References

1. "Robert Burns Smith". The Encyclopedia of Montana. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
2. "Robert Burns Smith". Find A Grave. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
3. "Robert Burns Smith". The Encyclopedia of Montana. Retrieved 8 October 2012.

External links

• Robert Burns Smith at Find a Grave
• State of Montana official profile
• Montana Capitol biography
• Montana Capital

v t e Governors of Montana
Territorial (1864–1889)	Edgerton Meagher G. Smith Ashley Potts Crosby Carpenter Hauser Leslie White
State (since 1889)	Toole Rickards R. Smith Toole Norris Stewart Dixon Erickson Cooney Holt Ayers Ford Bonner Aronson Nutter Babcock Anderson Judge Schwinden Stephens Racicot Martz Schweitzer Bullock Gianforte

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