John Smith was an American politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Rev. Caleb Smith, a minister at Orange, New Jersey

Orange, New Jersey

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. John Smith lived in Mastic, New York

Mastic, New York

Mastic is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 15,436 at the 2000 census. Mastic is a community located in the southeast part of the Town of Brookhaven....

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He was a member from Suffolk County

Suffolk County, New York

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 of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1784-85, from 1787 to 1794, and from 1798 to 1800.

He was elected to the 6th United States Congress

6th United States Congress

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 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

7th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Senate:* President: Aaron Burr * President pro tempore:** Abraham Baldwin , first elected December 7, 1801** Stephen R. Bradley , first elected December 14, 1802-House of Representatives:...

 and 8th United States Congress

8th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: Aaron Burr * President pro tempore: John Brown , October 17, 1803 – February 26, 1804** Jesse Franklin , March 10, 1804 – November 4, 1804** Joseph Anderson , January 15, 1805 – December 1, 1805- House of Representatives :...

es, and served until February 23, 1804, when he took his seat in the U.S. Senate.

In February 1804

United States Senate special election in New York, February 1804

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, he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt Clinton

DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...

, replacing the temporarily appointed John Armstrong

John Armstrong, Jr.

John Armstrong, Jr. was an American soldier and statesman who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Senator from New York, and Secretary of War.-Early life and Revolutionary War:...

. He was re-elected in 1807

United States Senate election in New York, 1807

The 1807 United States Senate election in New York was held on February 3, 1807, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.-Background:...

, and served until March 3, 1813.

John Smith was a great-grandson of Chief Judge William "Tangier" Smith.

External links

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 63, 162-67 and 172f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)