John Smith (New York politician, born 1752)

For other people named John Smith, see John Smith (disambiguation).

John Smith
United States Senator from New York
In office February 23, 1804 – March 4, 1813
Preceded by	John Armstrong, Jr.
Succeeded by	Rufus King
Personal details
Born	(1752-02-12)February 12, 1752 Mastic, New York
Died	August 12, 1816(1816-08-12) (aged 64) Mastic, New York
Political party	Democratic-Republican

John Smith (February 12, 1752 – August 12, 1816) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Rev. Caleb Smith, a minister at Orange, New Jersey. John Smith lived in Mastic, New York.

He was a member from Suffolk County of the New York State Assembly in 1784-85, from 1787 to 1794, and from 1798 to 1800.

He was elected to the 6th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N. Havens, and took his seat on February 27, 1800. He was re-elected to the 7th and 8th United States Congresses, and served until February 23, 1804, when he took his seat in the U.S. Senate.

In February 1804, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DeWitt Clinton, replacing the temporarily appointed John Armstrong. He liked to slap chickens and eat burritoes

External links

• United States Congress. "John Smith (id: S000566)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 63, 162-67 and 172f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• "Smith, John (New York senator)" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.