RARE HENRY SMITH NIAGARA NEW YORK CONGRESS WATERGATE IMPEACHMENT PINBACK BUTTON

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Skip Morgan
THIS LISTING:
Offering another
EXTREMELY SCARCE
vintage historical political election campaign pinback button for your growing collection....
***Only the
2nd example
of this rare pinback that I've ever found in over 40 years collecting state & local political buttons...
U. S. REP. HENRY P. SMITH, R-NORTH TONAWANDA (NEW YORK) SUCCEEDED REP. WILLIAM MILLER OF WESTERN NEW YORK IN CONGRESS WHEN MILLER RETIRED TO BECOME BARRY GOLDWATER'S VICE-PRESIDENTIAL RUNNING MATE IN 1964.
REP. SMITH SERVED AS A MINORITY (REPUBLICAN) MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DURING THE WATERGATE SCANDAL INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON IN 1974.
A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND ELUSIVE ITEM FROM ONE OF THE SELECT FEW TO HAVE EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO VOTE TO IMPEACH AND REMOVE FROM OFFICE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
WHEN WILL YOU EVER SEE ANOTHER???
Photo showing members of the House Judiciary Committee during testimony
from the Watergate inquiry in 1974:  (BACK ROW L-R: Rep. Ed Hutchinson, R-MI; Rep. Bob McClory, R-IL; Rep. Henry Smith, R-NY;  (FRONT ROW) L-R: Rep. Liz Holtzman, D-NY; Rep. Wayne Owens, D-UT
REP. SMITH VOTED "NO" ON ALL 3 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT VOTED ON BY THE U. S. HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Henry P. Smith III
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 36th district
In office=
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Preceded by
Frank Horton
Succeeded by
John J. LaFalce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 40th district
In office=
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by
William E. Miller
Succeeded by
District abolished
Personal details
Born
September 29, 1911
North Tonawanda, New York
Died
October 1, 1995 (aged 84)
Washington, D.C.
Political party
Republican
Henry P. Smith III
(September 29, 1911 – October 1, 1995) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Smith was born in North Tonawanda, New York.  He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933 and Cornell Law School in 1936.  He was mayor of North Tonawanda, New York from 1961 until 1963.
He was elected to Congress in 1964 after longtime congressman William E. Miller gave up the seat to run as Barry Goldwater's running mate.
He served from January 3, 1965 until he retired from Congress January 3, 1975 after opting not to seek re-election.
In 1965 he was the sole no vote on a bill to introduce penalties for any person who "knowingly destroys, knowingly mutilates" their draft card.
He is remembered, among other things, for suggesting during the Judiciary Committee hearing on Richard Nixon's impeachment in 1974 that the bombing of Cambodia be added to the articles of impeachment, and that if it were, he would support that article.
After serving in Congress, Smith spent time as chairman of the United States section of the International Joint Commission and as executive director of the Association to Unite the Democracies.
SMITH, Henry P., III, a
Representative from New York; born in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, N.Y., September 29, 1911; attended the public schools and the Nichols School of Buffalo; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1933; graduated from Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., 1936; was admitted to the bar in 1936 and practiced law in Ithaca, until 1941 and then in North Tonawanda; mayor of North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1961-1963; appointment as Niagara County, N.Y., judge, surrogate and family court judge, 1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1975); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; chairman, U.S. section, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, 1975-1978; executive director and chairman, Association to Unite the Democracies; died on October 1, 1995, in Washington, D.C.
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IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
SMITH FAMILY
AND LOOKING FOR AN AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGN ITEM FROM ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES,
THIS WOULD BE A REAL SWEET ITEM TO BRING BACK INTO THE FAMILY OR AS A GREAT GIFT!!
SIZE==APPROX. 2 1/4" celluloid
"A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS"
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MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
He Leadeth Me
In pastures green?
Not always; sometimes He
who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
In many ways where heavy shadows be.
Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright...
Out of the sunshine into the darkest night,
I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,
Only for this...I know He holds my hand;
so whether in the green or desert land
I trust although I may not understand.
And by still waters?
No, not always so;
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul the waters and billows go.
But when the storms beat loudest and I cry
aloud for help, the Master standeth by
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I."
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this darkness lies a perfect day.
In every path of thine I lead the way.
So whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie...what matters?  He is there.
And more than this, where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me no helpless broken reed,
But His own hand, sufficient for my need.
So where He leads me, I can safely go,
And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom, He hath led me so.
Author Unknown
"BE NOT OVERCOME BY EVIL BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD"
Romans 12:21