Smith, John, 1752-1816

found: NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for His Papers, 1782-1812(Smith, John (1752-1816); army officer and U.S. representative and senator from N.Y.)

found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online Sept. 30, 2015(SMITH, John, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1752; completed preparatory studies; member, State assembly 1784-1799; delegate to the State convention which adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; elected to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan N. Havens; reelected to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses and served from Feb. 6, 1800, until his resignation, effective Feb. 23, 1804; elected as a Democratic Republican on Feb. 4, 1804, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of De Witt Clinton; reelected, and served from Febr. 23, 1804, to Mar. 3, 1813; United States marshal for the district of New York 1813-1815; major general of the New York Militia at the time of his death in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1816; interment in the family cemetery on Smiths Point, N.Y.)