John Smith (New York)

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John Smith (New York) : biography

February 12, 1752 – August 12, 1816

John Smith (February 12, 1752 – August 12, 1816) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Rev. Caleb Smith, a minister at Orange, New Jersey. John Smith lived in Mastic, New York.

He was a member from Suffolk County of the New York State Assembly in 1784-85, from 1787 to 1794, and from 1798 to 1800.

He was elected to the 6th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N. Havens, and took his seat on February 27, 1800. He was re-elected to the 7th and 8th United States Congresses, and served until February 23, 1804, when he took his seat in the U.S. Senate.

In February 1804, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DeWitt Clinton, replacing the temporarily appointed John Armstrong. He was re-elected in 1807, and served until March 4, 1813.

John Smith was a great-grandson of Chief Judge William "Tangier" Smith.