John Smith (Vermont)

John Smith ( born August 12, 1789 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † November 26, 1858 in St. Albans, Vermont ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1841 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Smith was the father of Worthington Curtis Smith (1823-1894), who was represented 1867-1873 the third electoral district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives. The elder Smith attended the public schools of his home and then moved to St. Albans in Vermont. After studying law and its made ​​in 1810 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in St. Albans in his new profession. Between 1826 and 1832 he was district attorney in Franklin County.

Politically, Smith was a member of the Democratic Party, founded by Andrew Jackson. From 1827 to 1837 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Vermont, where he served as its President in the years 1831 to 1833. In 1838 he was selected in the fourth district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he entered on March 4, 1839, the successor of Heman Allen. Since he was not confirmed at the next elections in 1840, Smith was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1841.

After the end of his time in Congress, Smith engaged in the railroad business and devoted himself also to the expansion of the route network. He died in November 1858 in St. Albans, and was also buried there.