Samuel Smith (New Hampshire)

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Samuel Smith (November 11, 1765 - April 25, 1842) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, brother of Jeremiah Smith and uncle of Robert Smith.

Born in Peterboro, New Hampshire, Smith attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and served as moderator in town meetings, 1794-1811.

Smith was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1814. He resumed his former business pursuits, and in 1828 engaged in the manufacture of paper and cotton goods. He died in Peterboro, April 25, 1842, and was interred in the Village Cemetery.

[edit] References

• Samuel Smith (New Hampshire) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Samuel Smith (New Hampshire) at Find A Grave