Samuel A. Smith | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's8th district | |
In office 1829–1833 | |
Preceded by | Samuel D. Ingham,George Wolf |
Succeeded by | Henry King |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the4th district | |
In office 1841–1842 | |
Preceded by | Francis James |
Succeeded by | William Williamson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1795 (1795) Harrow, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | May 15, 1861(1861-05-15) (aged 65–66) Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Jacksonian |
Samuel A. Smith (1795 – May 15, 1861) was an American politician fromPennsylvania who served as aJacksonian member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1829 to 1833.
Samuel A. Smith was born inHarrow, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned justice of the peace for the Rockhill-Milford district before he was twenty-one years of age. He served as register of wills forBucks County, Pennsylvania, from 1824 to 1829. He was the brigade inspector of militia for the Bucks andMontgomery County district. He resigned this position in 1832, and was elected as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-first Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignations ofGeorge Wolf andSamuel D. Ingham. He was reelected to theTwenty-second Congress.
He was a member of thePennsylvania State Senate for the4th district from 1841 to 1842.[1] He was appointed associate judge of the courts of Bucks County byGovernorPorter in 1844 and served until 1849. He engaged in mercantile pursuits inDoylestown, Pennsylvania, and later inPoint Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He died in Point Pleasant in 1861. Interment in the Doylestown Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1829 - 1833 1829-1831 alongside:Peter Ihrie, Jr. 1831-1833 alongside:Henry King | Succeeded by |
Pennsylvania State Senate | ||
Preceded by | Member of thePennsylvania Senate,4th district 1841-1842 | Succeeded by William Williamson |
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