George W. Smyth

George Washington Smyth ( born May 16, 1803 in North Carolina; † February 21, 1866 in Austin, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his childhood came George Smyth with his parents first to Alabama and then to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he attended the public schools. In 1828 he moved to Bevell in Texas, which still belonged to Mexico at that time. Subsequently, he worked on behalf of the Mexican government as a surveyor. Mid-1830s, he joined the Texas independence movement. He was a member of the Assembly, on the independence was proclaimed, and was one of the signatories to this declaration. Moreover, he was one of the signers of the Constitution of the independent Republic of Texas. After that, he was commissioned to survey the state border with the United States of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Furthermore, Smyth worked in agriculture. In 1845, he was also involved in the drafting of the constitution of the future state of Texas. In 1848 he worked for Cadastral Office ( Land Office ).

Politically, Smyth joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1852 he was the first electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richardson A. Scurry on March 4, 1853. Since he resigned in 1854 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

During the Civil War Smyth served in the army of the Confederacy. In 1866 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Texas. He died on 21 February this year during a session of this Assembly.