Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith

Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith ( born November 23, 1806 Brentwood, New Hampshire, † October 14, 1876 in Deering, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1839 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Smith attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1826 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new job in Portland. From 1829 to 1834 he was an attorney at a military court in Maine.

Politically Smith was a supporter of President Andrew Jackson, whose Democratic Party, he joined. In 1831 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Maine; after which he was a member and 1833 President of the State Senate. In 1832 he was second in the electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1833, the successor of John Anderson. After two re- election he was able to complete in 1839 three contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. From 1837 to 1839 he was Chairman of the Trade Committee. His first two terms were marred by heated debate surrounding the policy of President Jackson. It was about the implementation of the Indian Removal Act of 1828 also against a judgment of the Supreme Court and to the destruction of the Bundesbank.

In the elections of 1838, he was not nominated by his party. Hence his mandate fell on March 4, 1839 his party colleague Albert Smith. In the following years, he worked with Samuel Morse developed the telegraph. In the years 1863 and 1864, Smith was once again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Maine. He died on 14 October 1876 in Deering.