The measure is named after its key supporters in Congress: Republican Sen. Reed Smoot of Utah and Republican Rep. Willis Hawley of Oregon. It passed the Senate by a narrow margin of 44 to 42 ...

Chairman Reed Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee and ... Actually, the Smoot-Mellon “delay” was mostly paper work. What with hearings, debates, compromises, the Senate would not get into ...

Willis C. Hawley (left) and Reed Smoot meeting shortly after the signing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. (Credit: National Photo Company/Wikimedia Commons/Postmedia files) Fans of the movie Ferris ...

But Smoot-Hawley is certainly stirring up some buzz today. For those unfamiliar with ye old Act, Smoot-Hawley was named for Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and ...