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[[File:Mrsmithgoestowashington 1.jpg|right]]'''Jefferson Smith''' (not to be confused with [[Oregon]] State Representative Jefferson Smith, D-47^th) was the fictional hero in [[Frank Capra]]'s great 1939 film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." He remains an iconic figure of civic duty and devotion to [[republicanism]] and American values.

[[File:Mrsmithgoestowashington 1.jpg|right]]'''Jefferson Smith''' (not to be confused with [[Oregon]] State Representative Jefferson Smith, D-47^th) was the fictional hero in [[Frank Capra]]'s great 1939 film, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." He remains an iconic figure of civic duty and devotion to [[republicanism]] and American values.  The movie makes a serious indictment of the ability of backstage manipulators to deceive their American people through large-scale systematic propaganda.

The plot makes Smith a replacement [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] who discovers, to his shame, that he had been appointed to be a stooge. When he decides not to be a stooge, the political machine responsible for his appointment makes an effort to destroy his reputation and have him expelled from the Senate, in order to protect a graft operation two years in the planning. But Smith's dogged perseverance, combined with the not-yet-seared conscience of his colleague and chief adversary in the Senate, enables him to prevail and evil to be defeated.

The plot makes Smith a replacement [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] who discovers, to his shame, that he had been appointed to be a stooge. When he decides not to be a stooge, the political machine responsible for his appointment makes an effort to destroy his reputation and have him expelled from the Senate, in order to protect a graft operation two years in the planning. But Smith's dogged perseverance, combined with the not-yet-seared conscience of his colleague and chief adversary in the Senate, enables him to prevail and evil to be defeated.