Jedediah K. Smith

Jedediah Kilburn Smith ( born November 7, 1770 in Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, † December 17, 1828 ) was an American politician. Between 1807 and 1809 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jedediah Smith attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new career in 1800 in Amherst. Politically, he was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In 1803 he was a member of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire; 1804-1806 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1806, which were held all across the state, Smith was the fourth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1807, the successor of Samuel Tenney of the Federalist Party. By March 3, 1809 Smith completed a term in Congress.

In 1809, Smith was re-elected to the Senate from New Hampshire. In 1810 he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Between 1810 and 1815, Smith was active in local politics as a city councilor. From 1819 to 1826 he served as postmaster of Amherst. He was also from 1816 to 1821 Associate Justice of the Appellate Court. After that, he was an Associate Justice from 1821 to 1823 and from 1823 to 1826 chief judge of the Court of Sessions of New Hampshire. Jedediah Smith died on 17 December 1828 in his native Amherst.