John Smith (Virginia representative)

John Smith (May 7, 1750 – March 5, 1836) was a United States Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Smith was born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, May 7, 1750 to parents Captain John Smith (1715–1771) and Mary Jaquelin (1714–1764); moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's War with the Indians in 1774, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812; member of the House of Delegates 1779–1783; served in the state Senate 1791–1794; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1815); resumed agricultural pursuits; died at Rockville, near Middletown, Frederick County, Va., on March 5, 1836; interment in the family burying ground at Hackwood, near Winchester, Va.; reinterred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va., in 1890.

Electoral history

• 1801; Smith was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 59.27% of the vote, defeating Federalist Philip C. Pendleton.
• 1803; Smith was re-elected with 89.86% of the vote, defeating fellow Democratic-Republican Joseph Sexton.
• 1805; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
• 1807; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
• 1809; Smith was re-elected with 86.59% of the vote, defeating Federalist Robert Page.
• 1811; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
• 1813; Smith was re-elected with 82.39% of the vote, defeating Federalist Page.

References

• United States Congress. "John Smith (id: S000564)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

External links

• John Smith at Find a Grave