George W. Smyth

George W. Smyth

George Washington Smyth (born May 16, 1803 in North Carolina , †  February 21, 1866 in Austin , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

While still a child, George Smyth and his parents came to Alabama and then to Murfreesboro , Tennessee , where he attended public schools. In 1828 he moved to Bevell , Texas, which was then still part of Mexico . As a result, he worked as a land surveyor on behalf of the Mexican administration. In the mid-1830s he joined the Texan independence movement. He was a member of the assembly that proclaimed independence and was one of the signatories of this declaration. He was also a signatory to the Constitution of the Independent Republic of Texas . He was then commissioned by the Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar to survey the state border with the United States. Smyth also worked in agriculture. In 1845 he was also involved in drafting the constitution of the future state of Texas. In 1848 he worked for the Land Office .

Politically, Smyth joined the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Richardson A. Scurry on March 4, 1853 . Since he refused to run again in 1854, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

During the Civil War, Smyth served in the Confederate Army . In 1866 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Texas Constitution. He died on February 21 of this year during a session of that congregation.

Web links

• George W. Smyth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George W. Smyth in the database of Find a Grave (English)