Thomas Smith (Indiana congressman)
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Thomas Smith | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
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Preceded by | George H. Dunn |
Succeeded by | James H. Cravens |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
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Preceded by | Joseph L. White |
Succeeded by | John L. Robinson |
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Born | Fayette County, Pennsylvania |
May 1, 1799
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Versailles, Indiana |
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | Congressman |
Thomas Smith (May 1, 1799 – April 12, 1876) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.
Smith was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1818, he moved to Rising Sun, Indiana, where he learned the trade of tanning. He then moved to Versailles, Indiana in 1821 and established a tanyard. Smith eventually became a colonel in the state militia, and member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1829, 1830, and from 1833 to 1836. He also served in the state senate from 1836 to 1839.
Smith was elected as a Democratic Representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district to the Twenty-Sixth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1839 until March 3, 1841. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress, but was elected in Indiana's 3rd congressional district to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. Smith was a delegate to the Indiana constitutional convention in 1850.
Smith died in Versailles, Indiana aged 76 and was interred in Cliff Hill Cemetery.
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district 1839-1841 |
Succeeded by James H. Cravens |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd congressional district 1843-1847 |
Succeeded by John L. Robinson |
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Indiana State Senators
- Indiana Democrats
- Members of the Indiana House of Representatives
- People from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- 1799 births
- 1876 deaths
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Rising Sun, Indiana