History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South Carolina

O’Brien SMITH

(17561811)

SMITH, O’Brien, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Ireland about 1756; came to South Carolina following the Revolutionary War, taking the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States July 31, 1784; member of the State assembly, 1791-1799; served in the State senate in 1803; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1807); died April 27, 1811; interment in the burial ground of the colonial Chapel of Ease of St. Bartholomew’s Parish, Colleton County, near Jacksonboro, S.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present