Edward H. Smith (politician)

Edward H. Smith, Congressman from New York

Edward Henry Smith (May 5, 1809 – August 7, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

Biography

Born in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, Smith attended private schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as Justice of the Peace in the township of Smithtown 1833–1843, assessor 1840–1843, and supervisor 1856–1860.

Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863) defeating incumbent Luther C. Carter in the election. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862. He resumed farming in Suffolk County, New York. He died in Smithtown, New York, August 7, 1885. He was interred in St. James' Protestant Episcopal Cemetery, St. James, Long Island, New York.

References

• Edward H. Smith at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-04-11
• Edward H. Smith at Find a Grave, retrieved on 2014-06-24

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