Edward H. Smith

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Edward Henry Smith (May 5, 1809 - August 7, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, Smith attended private schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as Justice of the Peace in the township of Smithtown 1833-1843, assessor 1840-1843, and supervisor 1856-1860.

Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862. He resumed farming in Suffolk County, New York. He died in Smithtown, New York, August 7, 1885. He was interred in St. James' Protestant Episcopal Cemetery, St. James, Long Island, New York.

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• Edward H. Smith at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Luther C. Carter

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1861-1863

Succeeded by Henry G. Stebbins