Nathaniel Smith

Nathaniel Smith (born January 6, 1762 in Woodbury , Colony of Connecticut , † March 9, 1822 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1799 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Smith was the older brother of Nathan Smith (1770-1835), who sat between 1833 and 1835 for the State of Connecticut in the US Senate . He was also an uncle of Truman Smith (1791-1884), who represented Connecticut in both houses of Congress between 1839 and 1855 . He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture and as a cattle dealer. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1787, he began his new profession in Woodbury.

Smith became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s . Between 1789 and 1795 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In the 1794 congressional election, held nationwide, he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the sixth Connecticut mandate. There he took over from Jeremiah Wadsworth on March 4, 1795 . After a re-election in 1796, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1799. In 1798 he renounced another candidacy.

From 1800 to 1805 Smith was a member of the Connecticut Senate . Between 1806 and 1819 he served as a judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court . In 1814, Smith was a delegate to a meeting in Hartford to discuss a possible withdrawal of the New England states from the Union. The background was the resistance to the British-American War of 1812, which was unpopular in this region . Nathaniel Smith died in March 1822 in his native Woodbury.

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SURNAME	Smith, Nathaniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woodbury , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	March 9, 1822
Place of death	Woodbury , Connecticut