Joshua Smith (July 27, 1763 – April 12, 1845) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Joshua Smith (1732–1814), and Hannah (Smith) Smith (1742–1793), and was born and died at the family estate in the Smithtown section of

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. On December 23, 1784, he married Alma Blydenburgh (died 1790). On October 19, 1793, he married Ruth Smith (1769–1797), and they had two children. On April 4, 1798, he married Deborah Smith (1771–1809), and they had three children, among them State Senator Joshua B. Smith (1801–1860). Joshua Smith was a member of the

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(Suffolk Co.) in

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, 1796–97, 1798–99 and

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. He was a delegate to the

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of 1821. He was a member of the

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(1st D.) from 1826 to 1829, sitting in the 49th, 50th, 51st and

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 58, 126f, 145, 168ff, 172 and 203; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Judge Joshua Smith
at Long Island Surnames

External links

The Joshua Smith House
(demolished 1960), in ''Smithtown'' by Bradley Harris, Kiernan Lannon & Joshua Ruff (Arcadia Publishing, 2009; ; pg. 90) {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Joshua 1763 births 1845 deaths People from Smithtown, New York New York (state) state senators Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Democratic-Republicans People from Hauppauge, New York