John Smith (Virginia representative)
John Smith was a United States Representative from Virginia.Biography
Smith was born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Virginia, May 7, 1750 to parents Captain John Smith and Mary Jaquelin ; 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 ; 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.Electoral history
- 1801; Smith was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 59.27% of the vote, defeating Federalist Philip C. Pendleton.
- 1803; Smith was re-elected with 89.86% of the vote, defeating fellow Democratic-Republican Joseph Sexton.
- 1805; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
- 1807; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
- 1809; Smith was re-elected with 86.59% of the vote, defeating Federalist Robert Page.
- 1811; Smith was re-elected unopposed.
- 1813; Smith was re-elected with 82.39% of the vote, defeating Federalist Page.
