Samuel Axley Smith

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Samuel Axley Smith

United States Representative
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
Personal details
Born	(1822-06-26)June 26, 1822 Monroe County, Tennessee
Died	November 25, 1863(1863-11-25) (aged 41) Ladd Springs, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Lea Henderson Smith Martha E Mccarty Smith
Children	William Smith John Lea Smith
Profession	lawyer politician land agent

Samuel Axley Smith was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Smith was born in Monroe County, Tennessee on June 26, 1822. He received a limited education, taught school, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845, and he commenced practice in Cleveland, Tennessee. He married Lea Henderson. He married Martha E Mccarty and they had two children, William and John Lea.^[1]

Career

From 1848 to 1850, Smith was a district attorney general, and he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848.

Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1859.^[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress.

Appointed by President Buchanan to be Commissioner of the General Land Office, Smith served from January 18 to February 12, 1860, when he resigned. On November 16, 1861, he was appointed by the governor of Tennessee to be an agent to collect arms for the Confederate Army.^[3]

Death

Smith died at Ladd Springs, Tennessee in Polk County on November 25, 1863 (age 41 years, 152 days). He is interred at Amos Ladd's Burial Ground, Ladd Springs, Tennessee.^[4]

References

↑ "Samuel Axley Smith". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ "Samuel Axley Smith". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ "Samuel Axley Smith". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ "Samuel Axley Smith". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

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Government offices
Preceded by Thomas A. Hendricks	Commissioner of the General Land Office 1859-1860	Succeeded by Joseph S. Wilson

v t e Commissioners of the General Land Office

Edward Tiffin Josiah Meigs John McLean George Graham Elijah Hayward Ethan Allen Brown James Whitcomb Elisha M. Huntington Thomas H. Blake James Shields Richard M. Young Justin Butterfield John Wilson Thomas A. Hendricks Samuel Axley Smith Joseph S. Wilson James M. Edmunds Joseph S. Wilson Willis Drummond Samuel S. Burdett James A. Williamson Noah C. McFarland William A. J. Sparks Strother M. Stockslager Lewis A. Groff Thomas H. Carter William M. Stone Silas W. Lamoreux Binger Hermann William A. Richards Richard Achilles Ballinger Fred Dennett Clay Tallman William Spry Charles C. Moore Fred W. Johnson

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Persondata
Name	Smith, Samuel Axley
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1822
Place of birth
Date of death	1863
Place of death

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