Samuel Smith (before 1780 – fl. 1815) was an early 19th-century member of the

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from

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. Smith was a

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who served as an associate judge of

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, from 1803 to 1805. In 1805 he was elected to the

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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative

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. He was reelected in 1806 and 1808 to the Tenth and

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Congresses, but was defeated in his bid for reelection to the Twelfth Congress in 1810. He was later receiver of public moneys at the land office at St Stephens,

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circa 1815. Despite his nearly five-and-a-half years in Congress, remarkably little, if any, historical documentation survives regarding Samuel Smith's life, including the years of his birth and death.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

References

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