John Smith (Virginia representative)

John Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1803  March 3, 1815
Preceded by George Jackson
Succeeded by Henry S. Tucker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1801  March 3, 1803
Preceded by Robert Page
Succeeded by John G. Jackson
Member of the Virginia Senate from Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire and Hardy Counties
In office
1791–1794
Preceded by Robert Rutherford
Succeeded by Hugh Holmes
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Frederick County
In office
1786
Alongside Charles Thruston
In office
1777–1779
Alongside Isaac Zane
Personal details
Born (1750-05-07)May 7, 1750
Shooter's Hill, Locust Hill, Virginia
Died March 5, 1836(1836-03-05) (aged 85)
Rockville, Virginia
Resting place Winchester, Virginia
Political party Democratic-Republican
Profession planter
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
United States of America
Service/branch Virginia Militia
Battles/wars Dunmore's War
American Revolutionary War
War of 1812

John Smith (May 7, 1750 – March 5, 1836) was a United States Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Smith was born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, May 7, 1750 to parents Captain John Smith (1715–1771) and Mary Jaquelin (1714–1764); moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's War with the Indians in 1774, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812; member of the House of Delegates 1779–1783; served in the state Senate 1791–1794; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1815); resumed agricultural pursuits; died at Rockville, near Middletown, Frederick County, Va., on March 5, 1836; interment in the family burying ground at Hackwood, near Winchester, Va.; reinterred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va., in 1890.

Electoral history

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Robert Page
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 1st congressional district

1801–1803
Succeeded by
John G. Jackson
Preceded by
George Jackson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd congressional district

1803–1815
Succeeded by
Henry S. Tucker
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