Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (born November 23, 1806 in Brentwood , New Hampshire , †  October 14, 1876 in Deering , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1839 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Smith attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1826, he began to practice in Portland in his new profession. Between 1829 and 1834 he was an attorney on a military tribunal in Maine.

Politically, Smith was a supporter of President Andrew Jackson , whose Democratic Party he joined. In 1831 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives ; then he was a member and in 1833 President of the State Senate . In 1832 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Second Constituency of Maine . There he took over from John Anderson on March 4, 1833 . After two re-elections he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1839 . From 1837 to 1839 he was chairman of the trade committee. His first two terms were overshadowed by heated discussions about President Jackson's policies. It was about the implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1828, also against a ruling by the Supreme Court and the smashing of the Bundesbank.

In the elections of 1838 he was no longer nominated by his party. Therefore, his mandate fell on March 4, 1839 to his party colleague Albert Smith . In the following years he worked with Samuel Morse , who developed the telegraph. In 1863 and 1864, Smith served once again in the Maine House of Representatives. He died in Deering on October 14, 1876.

Web links

• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)