Thomas Vernor Smith, who wrote under the byline T. V. Smith, was an American philosopher, scholar, and politician from Illinois, as well as an officer in the United States Army.
The Star Press (Muncie, IN), June 7, 1938
Smith's grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Illinois's at-large congressional district
Illinois elected its United States Representative at-Large on a general ticket upon achieving statehood December 3, 1818. It last elected a US Representative in the Election of 1946. The district has been inactive since.
Image: Daniel Pope Cook (Illinois Congressman)
Image: Governor Joseph Duncan
Image: Samuel Wheeler Moulton
Image: John Alexander Logan crop