Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Smith bụ onye otu Democratic Party. Ọ gbara ọsọ maka Attorney General nke Wisconsin na 1879. Ọ bụ onye nnọchiteanya na
Mgbakọ mba nke Democratic na 1880 na Mgbakọ mba nke Democratic na 1888. Ka e mesịrị, o jere ozi na Wisconsin State Assembly na 1892.