Isaac Smith (politician, 1740)

Isaac Smith

Isaac Smith (* 1740 in Trenton , Province of New Jersey , † August 29, 1807 there ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1797 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Smith grew up during the British colonial era and attended Princeton College until 1755 . From 1755 to 1758, despite his youth, he was a teacher at this college. After a subsequent medical degree and his license as a doctor, he began to work in Trenton in this profession. Smith joined the American Revolution in the 1770s and was Colonel in the Hunterdon County militia between 1776 and 1777 . From 1777 to 1804, also during his time as Congressman, he was a judge on the New Jersey Supreme Court .

In the late 1790s he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . In the New Jersey state-wide congressional election of 1794 , Smith was elected for the fifth mandate of his state in the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Lambert Cadwalader on March 4, 1795 . Until March 3, 1797 he could only serve one term in Congress . In 1797 he was appointed negotiator with the Seneca Indians by outgoing President George Washington . Smith was also active in the banking industry and was President of Trenton Banking Co. from 1805. He died on August 29, 1807 in Trenton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Isaac Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Isaac Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)