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Smith was more determined than ever to prosecute Jim Taylor and his minions, stay in the Senate, and thoroughly crush the Taylor machine. The Colorado government was safely in the hands of a provisional appointee, and the assaults on his boys had taken place before witnesses, all of whom were now more than glad to testify. Smith returned to the Senate, accompanied by Henry Hill, who ironically had been the first choice of a "citizen's committee" to replace Sam Foley, and who now was the replacement for Joe Paine. At the same time, he probably took days to process the thought that, within less than two weeks of joining the Senate, he now had become the senior Senator and was presenting the credentials of yet another colleague.

Smith was more determined than ever to prosecute Jim Taylor and his minions, stay in the Senate, and thoroughly crush the Taylor machine. The Colorado government was safely in the hands of a provisional appointee, and the assaults on his boys had taken place before witnesses, all of whom were now more than glad to testify. Smith returned to the Senate, accompanied by Henry Hill, who ironically had been the first choice of a "citizen's committee" to replace Sam Foley, and who now was the replacement for Joe Paine. At the same time, he probably took days to process the thought that, within less than two weeks of joining the Senate, he now had become the senior Senator and was presenting the credentials of yet another colleague.

Jeff and Clarissa were married, as soon as the excitement had died down and he wasn't so busy cleaning up the mess that Taylor and Paine had made. Jeff would, of course, have stood for re-election to a four-year rump term in 1940 and won easily. One can only imagine, however, how he would have felt, had he been a real person, when, more than a year later, he was called upon to vote on a declaration of [[Second World War|war]].

Jeff and Henry Hill stayed quite busy cleaning up the mess that Taylor and Paine had made. Then, after the Senate adjourned ''sine die'', Jeff proposed to Clarissa and invited her to spend Christmas at his home. They were married before Congress reconvened the next year.

 

Jeff would, of course, have stood for re-election to a four-year rump term in 1940 and won easily. He would not have attempted to run for President; he was too young for that, and in any event, [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] would seek a nomination to a third term and get it. And then, more than a year later, Jefferson Smith would be called upon to make another "grown-up world" decision, after President Roosevelt asked for a declaration of [[Second World War|war]].

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