Perry Smith (politician)

Perry Smith

United States Senator from Connecticut
In office March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843
Preceded by	Gideon Tomlinson
Succeeded by	John M. Niles
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1922-1923
Personal details
Born	(1783-05-12)May 12, 1783 Woodbury, Connecticut
Died	June 8, 1852(1852-06-08) (aged 69) New Milford, Connecticut
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Anne Comstock Smith
Occupation	lawyer judge postmaster politician

Perry Smith (May 12, 1783 – June 8, 1852) was a Connecticut State Representative and a Democrat to the United States Senate.

Biography

Smith was born in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on May 12, 1783, the son of John and Abigail (Lambert) Smith. He completed preparatory studies; studied law at the Litchfield Law School in 1807; was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in New Milford. He married Anne Comstock who died on February 26, 1826.^[1]

Career

A member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New Milford from 1822 to 1823, Smith was made postmaster of New Milford and held that post from 1829 to 1837.^[2] He was again a state representative from 1835 to 1836, as well as judge of probate court from 1833 to 1835.^[3]

Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate from Connecticut, Smith served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843. He was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-fifth Congress); and was a member of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress).^[4]

Death

Smith died in New Milford on June 8, 1852 (age 69 years, 27 days). He is interred at New Milford Center Cemetery, New Milford, Connecticut,^[5] near the grave of Frederic C. Walcott.

References

↑ "Perry Smith". Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
↑ Perry Smith. Connecticut Biographical Dictionary. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
↑ "Perry Smith". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
↑ "Perry Smith". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
↑ "Perry Smith". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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United States Senate
Preceded by Gideon Tomlinson	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Connecticut 1837–1843 Served alongside: John M. Niles, Thaddeus Betts, Jabez W. Huntington	Succeeded by John M. Niles

United States Senators from Connecticut

Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R.S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R.E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy

Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Agriculture (1829–1857; 1863–1881)	Marks Seymour Brown Page P. Smith Mouton Linn Upham Sturgeon Soulé Allen (abolished 1857–1863) Sherman Cameron Morton Frelinghuysen Paddock Johnston

Agriculture and Forestry (1884–1977)	Miller Palmer Paddock George Proctor Hansbrough Dolliver Warren Burnham Gore Gronna Norris McNary E. Smith Thomas Capper Thomas Ellender Aiken Ellender Talmadge

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (1977–)	Talmadge Helms Leahy Lugar Harkin Lugar Harkin Cochran Chambliss Harkin Lincoln Stabenow Roberts

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 76112282 LCCN: no2008000645 US Congress: S000600

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