John Hyatt Smith (April 10, 1824 – December 7, 1886) was aUnited States representative fromNew York.

Born inSaratoga, he was taught by his father and employed for a time as a clerk inDetroit and later as a bank clerk inAlbany, New York; while in the latter position he studiedtheology. Afterordination his first pastorate was inPoughkeepsie in 1848. He officiated inCleveland, Ohio for three years, inBuffalo from 1855 to 1860, and inPhiladelphia from 1860 to 1866. During theCivil War he served in Virginia with theUnited States Christian Commission in 1862, and waschaplain of the Forty-seventh Regiment, National Guard of New York, in 1869. He continued his ministerial duties inBrooklyn from 1866 to 1880, and was elected as anIndependent candidate to the Forty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883. He appointed by PresidentChester A. Arthur a commissioner to inspect thePacific Railroad, after which he resumed a pastorate in Brooklyn. He died there in 1886; interment was inGreen-Wood Cemetery.

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