James S. Smart

James Stevenson Smart ( born June 14, 1842 in Baltimore, Maryland, † September 17, 1903 in Cambridge, New York) was an American soldier and politician. Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Stevenson Smart was born about four years before the outbreak of the Mexican - American War in Baltimore. The family moved in 1849 after Coila in Washington County. He attended Cambridge Academy and Union College in Schenectady. In 1863 he graduated at Jefferson College in Canonsburg (Pennsylvania). During the Civil War he joined the Union Army in January 1864. At that time, he held the rank of First Lieutenant in the 16th Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to captain. He was honorably discharged in August 1865. In 1865 he went to Cambridge in newspaper work. He gave the Washington County Post is issuing. Politically, he belongs to the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1872 for the 43rd Congress was smart in the 16th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Rogers on 4 March 1873. Since he gave up for reelection in 1874, he resigned March 3, 1875 from the Congress.

Smart was appointed tax collector in the Northern District of New York - a position which he held from 31 March 1883 to November 9, 1885. He was for many years a member of the Republican State Central Committee. On September 17, 1903, he died in Cambridge and was then buried in the Woodland Cemetery.