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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaOliver Hampton SMITH
(1794-1859)
Senate Years of Service:
1837-1843Party: WhigSMITH, Oliver Hampton, a
Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born on Smith’s
Island, near Trenton, N.J., October 23, 1794; attended the common
schools; moved west, eventually settling in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in
1818; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced
practice in Connersville, Ind.; member, State house of
representatives 1822-1824; prosecuting attorney for the third
judicial district 1824-1825; elected to the Twentieth Congress
(March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1828; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate
and served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1843; chairman,
Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on
Public Lands (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., and resumed the practice
of law; declined to be a candidate for governor of Indiana in 1845;
engaged in the railroad business in Indianapolis; died in
Indianapolis, Ind., March 19, 1859; interment in Crown Hill
Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Smith, Oliver H. Early Indiana Trials and
Sketches. Reminiscences by Hon. O.H. Smith. Cincinnati: Moore,
Wilstach, Keys & Col. 1858; Smith, Oliver H. The Other Side
of “Facts For The People,” in Relation to a
”Protective Tariff,” “By an Indianan.”
Indianapolis: Indiana State Journal, 1843.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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