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'''Clyde Harold Smith''' (June 9, 1876 – April 8, 1940) was an entrepreneur<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/Representative-Clyde-Harold-Smith-of-Maine/ Representative Clyde Harold Smith of Maine]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> and [[Maine]] [[Republican]] who served as a U.S. representative from the state's 2nd congressional district until his death. He was the late husband of [[Margaret Chase Smith]], who succeeded him in the House and later elected to the Senate for four terms.
'''Clyde Harold Smith''' (June 9, 1876 – April 8, 1940) was an entrepreneur<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/Representative-Clyde-Harold-Smith-of-Maine/ Representative Clyde Harold Smith of Maine]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> and [[Maine]] [[Republican]] who served as a U.S. representative from the state's 2nd congressional district until his death. He was the late husband of [[Margaret Chase Smith]], who succeeded him in the House and later elected to the Senate for four terms.
==U.S. House of Representatives==
==Political career==
During his tenure in the Maine State Senate, Smith vigorously opposed the [[Ku Klux Klan]] as well as Gov. Ralph Owen Brewster, who had no record of public racist bigotry yet nonetheless refused to denounce the KKK.<ref>Burnham, Emily (July 6, 2020). [https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/06/arts-culture/this-maine-governor-never-publicly-embraced-the-klan-but-he-never-disavowed-its-support/ This Maine governor never publicly embraced the Klan, but he never disavowed its support]. ''Bangor Daily News''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref>
===U.S. House of Representatives===
Smith died in office on August 8, 1940, prior to which he advocated the congressional district's constituents to elect his wife, the former Margaret Chase, to the House seat:<ref name=history.house.gov/>
Smith died in office on August 8, 1940, prior to which he advocated the congressional district's constituents to elect his wife, the former Margaret Chase, to the House seat:<ref name=history.house.gov/>
{{cquote|I know of no one else who has the full knowledge of my ideas and plans or is as well qualified as she is, to carry on these ideas or my unfinished work for the district.}}
{{cquote|I know of no one else who has the full knowledge of my ideas and plans or is as well qualified as she is, to carry on these ideas or my unfinished work for the district.}}