William Redwood Smith

William Redwood Smith (1851 – October 18, 1935) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 9, 1899 to July 1, 1905.

[1] Smith graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio, in 1872, and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1874.

He then opened a law office at Atchison, and built up a lucrative practice,[1] also serving for a time as the county attorney.

He won the general elected by a large majority,[1] and in 1904 was re-elected to another term,[1] "by the biggest vote ever given a state officer in Kansas".

[3] He resigned from the court in 1905 to become the general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.