Richard Smith (Continental Congress)
Richard Smith (March 22, 1735 – September 17, 1803) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Continental Congress and signed the Continental Association.[1]
Personal life and education
[edit]Richard Smith was born in Burlington, Province of New Jersey, to Richard Smith, a member of the West Jersey Assembly, and Abigail Raper Smith.[1] Smith was educated under private teachers and in Quaker schools and studied law.[2]
Smith moved to Laurens, New York, in 1790, and then to Philadelphia in 1799. He died September 17, 1803, near Natchez, Mississippi, and was interred in Natchez Cemetery.[2]
Career
[edit]Smith was admitted to the bar in 1762 and practiced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later in Burlington. He was commissioned county clerk of Burlington on December 7, 1762.[2]
Smith was chosen as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress from July 23, 1774, to June 12, 1776, when he resigned. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate) in 1776 and was elected treasurer of New Jersey, serving 1776 until he resigned on February 15, 1777.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gummere, Amelia Mott (1922). The journal and essays of John Woolman. New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 526, 527
- ^ a b c d United States Congress. "Richard Smith (id: S000603)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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