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SMITH, John (1752-1816)

Democrat-Republican of New York

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1803-1813

Served in House 1799-1805

Total roll-call votes cast: 972

Biography

A Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., February 12, 1752; completed preparatory studies; member, State assembly 1784-1799; delegate to the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; elected to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N. Havens; reelected to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses and served until his resignation on February 23, 1804 (February 6, 1800-February 23, 1804); elected as a Democratic Republican on February 4, 1804, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of De Witt Clinton; reelected, and served from February 23, 1804, to March 3, 1813; United States marshal for the district of New York 1813-1815; major general of the New York Militia at the time of his death in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., August 12, 1816; interment in the family cemetery on Smiths Point, N.Y.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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