Abraham Herr Smith

Abraham Herr Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	Oliver James Dickey
Succeeded by	John Andrew Hiestand
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 7th district
In office 1846–1848
In office 1843–1844
Personal details
Born	(1815-03-07)March 7, 1815 Near Millersville, Pennsylvania, US
Died	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dickinson College
Profession	Politician

Abraham Herr Smith (March 7, 1815 – February 16, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

A. Herr Smith was born near Millersville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He attended Professor Beck’s Academy at Lititz, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1843 and 1844, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1845.

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage during the Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Lancaster in 1894. Interment in Woodward Hill Cemetery.

Sources

• Abraham Herr Smith at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

External links

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Oliver J. Dickey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1873–1885	Succeeded by John A. Hiestand