Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a
United States representative
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from
. Born in
Pembroke in the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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, to Reverend Thomas Smith
and Judith Miller Smith.
Smith graduated from
Harvard College
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in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the
bar
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and practiced.
Service in Congress
Smith was elected as a
Democratic-Republican
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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
in New York, he died in
Pembroke.
Smith was interred in Center Cemetery,
Pembroke, Massachusetts
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.
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1738 births
1803 deaths
Harvard College alumni
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
People from Pembroke, Massachusetts
Massachusetts state senators
Deaths from smallpox
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Burials in Massachusetts
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