John Hugh Smith
John Hugh Smith (1819-1870) was an American Whig politician.[1][2] He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee three times, from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865.[1][2][3]
Biography
Early life
He was born in 1819 in Nashville.[1] His father was John H. Smith and his mother, Maria (Combs) Smith.[1]
Career
He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865.[1][2][3] In 1862, he had been appointed by Tennessee Governor (and future President) Andrew Johnson to replace Richard Boone Cheatham, who was arrested.[4][5]
After his retirement in 1865, he shot at a policeman called Brown in Nashville.[6]
Personal life
He never got married.[1] He died on July 7, 1870 in Nashville, and he is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN
- 1 2 3 Nashville Library
- 1 2 William Henry McRaven, Nashville: Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949 p. 272
- ↑ Paul H. Bergeron, Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction, Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2011, p. 23,
- ↑ William C. Harris, With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. 45
- ↑ ROM TENNESSEE.; An Affray at Nashville--Case of Embezzlement--Cotton Market. Interesting Relics Found--Pardons for Notorious Rebels. From Toronto--A Contradiction. From Buffalo--Fatal Bridge Accident., The New York Times, November 7, 1865
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Powhatan W. Maxey |
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1845–1846 |
Succeeded by John A. Goodlett |
| Preceded by John McCormick Lea |
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1850–1853 |
Succeeded by Williamson Hartley Horn |
| Preceded by Richard Boone Cheatham |
Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1862–1865 |
Succeeded by William Matt Brown |
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