Jerome Van Croninsfield Smith | |
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14th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts | |
In office 1854–1855 |
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Preceded by | Benjamin Seaver |
Succeeded by | Alexander H. Rice |
Personal details | |
Born | July 20, 1800 Conway, New Hampshire |
Died | August 21, 1879 | (aged 79)
Political party | Native American Party |
Alma mater | Williams College |
Profession | Medical Doctor, Editor of the Boston Weekly News Letter |
Jerome Van Croninsfield Smith (July 20, 1800 – August 21, 1879) was an American politician, serving as the fourteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. In 1834, publishing house Allen and Ticknor published his medical work The Class-Book of Anatomy, Designed for Schools, Explanatory of the First Principles of Human Mechanism, at the Basis of Physical Education.