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R. Hobart Smith

Banker

Centurion, 1890–1906

Full Name Robert Hobart Smith

Born 22 February 1848 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 29 April 1922 in Hobart, New York

Proposed by Lockwood de Forest and Frederick J. De Peyster

Elected 1 February 1890 at age forty-one

Archivist’s Note: Legally changed his name to Robert Smith Hobart. Son of William Alexander Smith.