| LC control no. | n 00067650 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Smith, Israel, 1759-1810 |
| See also | Vermont. Governor (1807-1808 : Smith) |
| Birth date | 1759-04-04 |
| Death date | 1810-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Suffield (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Rutland (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | Yale College (1718-1887) Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges Governors |
| Found in | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections. Report of the Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the petition of Matthew Lyon, of the state of Vermont, complaining of an undue election and return of Israel Smith, to serve as a member of the House of Representatives, for the said state, in the fourth Congress of the United States, 1796. DAB (Smith, Israel; b. Apr. 6, 1759, Suffield, Conn.; d. Dec. 2, 1810; lawyer, politician; congressman from Vt., 1791-1797, 1801-1803; senator, 1803-1807; also served as state legislator, chief justice, and governor of Vermont 1807-1808.) Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 10, 2011: (Israel Smith; b. Apr. 4, 1759, d. Dec. 2, 1810; governor of Vermont, 1807-1808) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, May 6, 2016 (Smith, Israel, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Suffield, Conn., April 4, 1759; graduated from Yale College in 1781; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Rupert, Vt.; member, State house of representatives 1785, 1788-1791; moved to Rutland, Vt.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1791; upon the admission of Vermont as a State into the Union was elected to the Second Congress; reelected to the Third and Fourth Congresses and served from October 17, 1791, to March 3, 1797; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; member, State house of representatives 1797; chief justice of the State supreme court 1797-1798; elected to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1803, until his resignation on October 1, 1807, having been elected Governor; Governor of Vermont 1807-1808; died in Rutland, Vt., December 2, 1810; interment in the West Street Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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