Josiah Smith

Josiah Smith (born February 26, 1738 in Pembroke , Plymouth County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  April 4, 1803 ) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1803 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Josiah Smith attended Harvard College until 1774 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1789 and 1790 ; from 1792 to 1794 and in 1797 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1797 he also became his state's finance minister. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .

In the 1800 congressional election , Smith was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded John Reed on March 4, 1801 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1802, he was consequently only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1803 . Josiah Smith died in Pembroke on April 4, 1803, just a month after the end of his legislative term, of the smallpox he contracted on his way back from Washington, the capital.

Web links

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

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