John Smith (Virginia)
| John Smith | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815 |
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| Preceded by | George Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Henry S. Tucker |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Page |
| Succeeded by | John G. Jackson |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire and Hardy Counties | |
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In office 1791–1794 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Rutherford |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Holmes |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Frederick County | |
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In office 1786 Alongside Charles Thruston |
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In office 1777–1779 Alongside Isaac Zane |
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May 7, 1750 Shooter's Hill, Locust Hill, Virginia |
| Died | March 5, 1836 (aged 85) Rockville, Virginia |
| Resting place | Winchester, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Profession | planter |
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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.
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.
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