L. D. Smith
L. D. Smith, or Leonidas d'Entrecasteaux Smith, was an American lawyer and public official who served as Attorney General and Reporter of Tennessee from 1926 to 1932.
Career
Smith was the Attorney General during Scopes trial, The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. He made the decision not to seek a retrial following a ruling from the Tennessee Supreme Court. He was also counsel of record for Tennessee in its lawsuit against Standard Oil Company, in the case Williams v. Standard Oil Company.
Smith was the son of Gooch Smith, a major in the Confederate army from White County, Tennessee. He attended Doyle College. His father was also an attorney, and his brother, William Smith, was a judge.
Death
Smith died in office at the age of sixty-six at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 7, 1932 from a "general breakdown."