Sherman N. Smith, Jr.
(1914-1998)

Died aged c. 84

Sherman N. Smith, Jr., was born June 13, 1914 in Crossville, Tennessee. He graduated from Cumberland University Law School where he received an LL.B. degree in 1935. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1935 and was arguing before the Florida State Supreme Court by the age of 24. During World War II he served in the United States Navy. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Indian River County in 1940, and held that office for 12 years. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1952 to 1956, and received the Allen Morris Award for being the outstanding first-term member of the legislature. He was the only person to serve as chief judge of two appellate courts—the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland and the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Vero Beach. He practiced law in Florida until shortly before his death, January 7, 1998.

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