{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Armstrong Smith | image = | caption = | state = Ohio | district = 6th | term_start = March 4, 1869 | term_end = March 3, 1873 | preceded = Reader W. Clarke | succeeded = Isaac R. Sherwood | state_house2 = Ohio | district2 = Highland County | term_start2 = December 6, 1841 | term_end2 = December 3, 1843 | preceded2 = James Carothers, James Smith | succeeded2 = Hugh Means, Burnham Martin | alongside2 = Abraham Lowman, Robert Robinson | birth_date = {{birth date|1814|9|23}} | birth_place = Hillsboro, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1892|3|7|1814|9|23}} | death_place = Hillsboro, Ohio, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Miami University }}

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==Biography == Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Smith pursued classical studies and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1834. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ohio. He served in the State house of representatives in 1841. He served as member of the State constitutional convention of Ohio in 1850.

===Congress === Smith was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873).

===Later career and death === He resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the State constitutional convention of 1873.

He died in Hillsboro, Ohio, March 7, 1892. He was interred in Hillsboro Cemetery. <gallery> File:John Armstrong Smith.JPG|Gravestone of John Armstrong Smith located at Hillsboro Cemetery in Hillsboro, Ohio. </gallery>

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