Albert Smith (New York)

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Albert Smith (June 22, 1805 - August 27, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Cooperstown, New York, Smith completed preparatory studies. He moved to Batavia, New York. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. Held several local offices. He served as member of the State assembly in 1840.

Smith was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1849 and resumed the practice of law. He was in the Justice of the Peace 1851-1859. He served as judge of the Milwaukee County Court 1859-1870. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 27, 1870. He was interred in Forest Home Cemetery.

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• Albert Smith (New York) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Albert Smith (New York) at Find A Grave