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Josiah Smith

Josiah Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Preceded byJohn Reed Sr.
Succeeded bySamuel Taggart
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1792-1794
1797
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1789-1790
Personal details
BornFebruary 26, 1738
Pembroke, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedApril 4, 1803 (aged 65)
Pembroke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placePembroke Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
ChildrenAlbert Smith
Alma materHarvard College, 1774
ProfessionAttorney

Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pembroke in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Reverend Thomas Smith[1] and Judith Miller Smith.[2] Smith graduated from Harvard College in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced.

Service in Congress

Smith was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802.

Death and burial

On his way home from Washington, Smith contracted smallpox[1][2] in New York, he died in Pembroke.[1] Smith was interred in Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Massachusetts.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884), History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & CO., p. 237
  2. ^ a b Proctor, Karen Cross (2008), Pembroke, Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, p. 123
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Reed, Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district

March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Succeeded by
Samuel Taggart



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