Nathan Smith (1770 - 1835)

Born 8 Jan 1770 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Died 6 Dec 1835 at age 65 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Preceded by Samuel A. Foot

Nathan Smith US Senator (Class 1) from Connecticut 1833—1835

Succeeded by John Milton Niles

Biography

Nathan Smith is Notable.

US Senator. Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to represent Connecticut in the US Senate, he served from 1833 until his death. Born in Woodbury, Connecticut, he was admitted to the bar in 1792 and settled as a lawyer in New Haven. In 1817 he was appointed prosecuting attoney for New Haven County and kept that position for the rest of his life, while also serving as a delegate to the 1818 State Constitutional Convention, as an unsuccessful candidate for State Governor (1825), and two years (1828 to 1829) as US Attorney for Connecticut. Smith's interest in politics came late in his career and he was 63 when he took his seat in the US Senate, one of the oldest serving members of that body. This marked his only time in elected office. He died in Washington, DC, and John Milton Niles was elected to complete his term. There is a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery. He was the brother of US Congressman Nathaniel Smith and uncle of US Senator Truman Smith. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)

Connecticut jurist and politician, and U.S. senator. Son of Richard and Annis (Hurd) Smith.^[1]

Burial: Grove Street Cemetery New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Dictionary of American biography by American Council of Learned Societies, Published 1943. Vol 17 page 327

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6654580
• Wikipedia: Nathan Smith (senator)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Cothren, William. History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut (Bronson Brothers, Bethlehem, Connecticut, 1854) Vol. 1, Page 677.