Samuel E. Smith

Samuel Emerson Smith

Samuel Emerson Smith (born March 12, 1788 in Hollis , Hillsborough County , New Hampshire , † March 3, 1860 in Wiscasset , Maine ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) and governor of Maine from 1831 to 1834 .

Early years

The young Samuel Smith attended Groton Academy and then Harvard University until 1808 . After a successful law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1812, after which he began to practice in Wiscasset, Maine. Smith's political career began in 1819 as a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts , which Maine was then still part of. After Maine was established as a separate state in 1820, he was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1820 to 1821 . Smith was a Supreme Court Justice in Maine from 1822 to 1830. In 1830 he was elected the new governor of his country.

Governor of Maine

Smith took up his new office on January 5, 1831. After he was re-elected in 1831 and 1832, he was able to remain in office until January 1, 1834. During his reign, Maine's capital was moved from Portland to Augusta . The border conflict in the northeast of the country with Canada intensified again in these years and was only resolved in 1842 by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty . Between 1835 and 1837 he worked as a judge again. At the same time he worked on a committee for the revision of state legislation. Then he retired to his estate in Wiscasset, where he lived the rest of his life. He died there on March 3, 1860. Samuel Smith was married to Louisa Sophia Fuller, with whom he had nine children.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Samuel Smith at the National Governors Association (English)
• The governors of Maine (English)
• The Webster Ashburton Treaty (English)
• Samuel E. Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)