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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Smith, Daniel
Smith, Daniel, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Stafford County, Va., October 28, 1748; attended William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; became a surveyor: moved to Augusta County, Va.; deputy surveyor of Augusta Countyin 1773; justice of the peace in 1776; major of the Washington Militia; high sheriff of Augusta County in 1780; commissioned colonel in the Second Battalion and fought in several battles of the Revolution; moved to Sumner County, Tenn., at the close of the war; appointed by President Washington secretary of the Territory South of the River Ohio January 7, 1790; member of the State constitutional convention of 1796; made the first map of Tennessee; general of State militia; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Jackson and served from October 6, 1798, to March 3, 1799; Democratic presidential elector in 1800, and voted for Jefferson and Burr; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1805, to March 31, 1809, when he resigned; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died at his home, "Rock Castle," near Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tenn., June 6, 1818; interment in the family burial ground near his home.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Smith, Daniel," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1824 1825. Original Sources, accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5JBZ2GJ4SX7YB3.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Smith, Daniel." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1824, page 1825. Original Sources. 26 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5JBZ2GJ4SX7YB3.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Smith, Daniel' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1824, pp.1825. Original Sources, retrieved 26 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5JBZ2GJ4SX7YB3.
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