Abraham Herr Smith

Abraham Herr Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1873  March 3, 1885
Preceded by Oliver James Dickey
Succeeded by John Andrew Hiestand
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 7th district
In office
1846–1848
In office
1843–1844
Personal details
Born (1815-03-07)March 7, 1815
Near Millersville, Pennsylvania, US
Died February 16, 1894(1894-02-16) (aged 78)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
Political party Republican
Alma mater Dickinson College
Profession Politician

Abraham Herr Smith (March 7, 1815 – February 16, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

A. Herr Smith was born near Millersville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He attended Professor Beck’s Academy at Lititz, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1843 and 1844, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1845.

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Lancaster in 1894. Interment in Woodward Hill Cemetery.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Oliver J. Dickey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district

18731885
Succeeded by
John A. Hiestand


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