Josiah Smith

{{Short description|American politician (1738–1803)}} {{other people||Josiah Smith (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Josiah Smith | image = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|6|6th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1801 | term_end1 = March 3, 1803 | preceded1 = [[John Reed Sr.]] | succeeded1 = [[Samuel Taggart]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term2 = 1792-1794<br>1797 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1789-1790 | birth_date = {{birth date|1738|2|26}} | birth_place = [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1803|4|4|1738|2|26}} | death_place = [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = Pembroke Cemetery | party = [[Democratic-Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = Albert Smith | alma_mater = [[Harvard College]], 1774 | occupation = | profession = Attorney | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Josiah Smith''' (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], to Reverend Thomas Smith<ref name="Hurd-1884-p237"/> and Judith Miller Smith.<ref name="Proctor-2008-p123">{{Citation | last= Proctor|first=Karen Cross| title = Pembroke| page = 123 | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | location = Mount Pleasant, SC | year = 2008}}</ref> Smith graduated from [[Harvard College]] in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] and practiced.

==Service in Congress== Smith was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[7th United States Congress|Seventh Congress]], serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802.

==Death and burial== On his way home from Washington, Smith contracted smallpox<ref name="Hurd-1884-p237"/><ref name="Proctor-2008-p123"/> in New York, he died in [[Pembroke, Massachusetts|Pembroke]].<ref name="Hurd-1884-p237">{{Citation | last= Hurd|first= Duane Hamilton| title = History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men| page = 237 | publisher = J.W. Lewis & CO. | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 1884}}</ref> Smith was interred in Center Cemetery, [[Pembroke, Massachusetts]].

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==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * {{Find a Grave|7505920}}

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