Saxton Smith (October 2, 1802 – 1890) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Abraham Smith (1763–1813) and Mary (Knapp) Smith. He was born at the house built by his grandfather, located in that part of
Philipstown, New York
Philipstown is a town located in the western part of Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 9,831 at the 2020 census.
History
In 1697 Adolphus Philipse, a wealthy Province of New York landowner and merchant, purchased a ...
, then in
Dutchess County
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later organ ...
, which was separated in 1839 as the Town of Quincy, and renamed in 1840 as Putnam Valley, now in
Putnam County.
He was Supervisor of the
Town of Putnam Valley in 1841, 1842, 1850, 1851, 1858, 1860, 1862, 1863 and from 1867 to 1876.
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Assem ...
(Putnam Co.) in
1838
Events
January–March
* January 10 – A fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
* January 11 – At Morristown, New Jersey, Samuel Morse, Alfred Vail and Leonard Gale give the first public demonstration o ...
,
1840
Events
January–March
* January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded.
* January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom.
* Janua ...
and
1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
Partisan com ...
from 1846 to 1849, sitting in the
69th,
70th (both 2nd D.),
71st and
72nd New York State Legislature
The 72nd New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 2 to April 11, 1849, during the first year of Hamilton Fish's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the provis ...
s (both 7th D.).
He was again a member of the State Assembly in
1863
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
, and a member of the State Senate (8th D.) in
1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
and
1865
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City.
* January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...
.
Saxton Smith never married.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 135f, 145, 221, 224, 229 and 306; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 443 and 497)
*His house, i
''Putnam County''by Guy Cheli ("Images of America" series, Arcadia Publishing, 2004; pg. 101)
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1802 births
1890 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Putnam County, New York
Town supervisors in New York (state)
19th-century American legislators