Reed Smoot

(1862-1941)

United States Senator from Utah

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Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862 – February 9, 1941) was a businessman and apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) when he was elected by the Utah state legislature to the United States Senate in 1902; he served as a Republican senator from 1903 to 1933. From his time in the Senate, Smoot is primarily remembered as the co-sponsor of the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, which increased almost 900 American import duties. Thomas Lamont, a partner at J.P. Morgan at the time said, "That Act intensified nationalism all over the world". The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is widely regarded as one of the catalysts for the Great Depression.

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Born	10 January 1862 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
Died	9 February 1941 (aged 79) St. Petersburg, Florida
Zodiac	Capricorn
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Alpha Smoot 1863-1928 · American spouse · m. 1884 info edit

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Alice Sheets - · · m. 1930 info edit

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Chloe info 1st child with Alpha Smoot Female b. 4 Dec 1888 · Age: 136 · 1888- · Celebrity Baby

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Harlow info 2nd child with Alpha Smoot Male b. 2 May 1891 · Age: 134 · 1891- · Celebrity Baby

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