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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyBernard SMITH
(1776-1835)
SMITH, Bernard, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, N.J., July 5,
1776; completed preparatory studies; collector of customs in 1809
and 1810; postmaster of New Brunswick 1810-1819; elected as a
Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821);
did not seek renomination in 1820; appointed register of the land
office at Little Rock, Ark., in 1821, and settled in that state;
secretary to the governor of Arkansas 1825-1828; appointed by
Governor Izard as subagent of the Quapaw Indians in 1825, and
served until his death in Little Rock, Ark., July 16, 1835;
interment in Mount Holly Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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