Thomas Rhett Smith was the twenty-first intendant (mayor) of
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
, serving from 1813 to March 1815.
Smith was born in 1768 to Roger Smith and Mary Rutledge. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for St. James and Goose Creek Parish during four session, 1792–1799. In September 1796, he was elected to be a warden (city council member) for Charleston and was re-elected in September 1797. In 1800–1801, he served another term, representing the Charleston area.
Smith was elected intendant on September 20, 1813, by a vote of 465 (Smith) to 318 (Democrat Thomas Bennett Jr.)
and was re-elected on September 19, 1814. He did not complete his second term; he resigned in March 1815 and was replaced by
Elias Horry
Elias Horry (1773 – September 17, 1834) was a lawyer, politician, businessman and plantation owner who twice served in the South Carolina General Assembly as well as the intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1 ...
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Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina
1768 births
1829 deaths