James Strudwick Smith

James Strudwick Smith (born September 8, 1787 in Hillsboro , North Carolina , †  December 7, 1852 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Smith first attended a private school and then graduated from Hillsboro Academy . After a subsequent medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and his license as a doctor in 1818, he began to work in Orange County in this profession.

Politically, Smith was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Samuel Dickens on March 4, 1817 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1821 . From 1819 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts .

In 1820 Smith was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he practiced as a doctor again. Between 1821 and 1822 he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . In 1835 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution. James Smith died on December 7, 1852 near Chapel Hill.

Remarks

1. ↑ The dates of birth and death are taken from the information on Smith's tombstone. According to the Congress biography, he was born on October 15, 1790 and died in August 1859.

Web links

• James Strudwick Smith in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Strudwick Smith in the database of Find a Grave (English)