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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyIsaac SMITH
(1740-1807)
SMITH, Isaac, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton, N.J., in 1740; was
graduated from Princeton College in 1755; teacher in that
institution 1755-1758; studied medicine and commenced practice in
Trenton, N.J.; colonel in the Hunterdon County Militia in 1776 and
1777; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 4,
1795-March 3, 1797); appointed by President Washington a
commissioner to treat with the Seneca Indians in 1797; associate
justice of the supreme court of New Jersey 1777-1804; first
president of the Trenton Banking Co. 1805-1807; died in Trenton,
Mercer County, N.J., on August 29, 1807; interment in the First
Presbyterian Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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