Josiah Smith (other)
Josiah Smith (1738–1803) was an American politician. Josiah Smith may also refer to: * Josiah Smith (clergyman) (1704–1781), clergyman in colonial South Carolina * Josiah William Smith Josiah William Smith (3 April 1816 – 10 April 1887) was an English barrister, legal writer and judge. Life The only child of the Rev. John Smith, Rector of St Mary's church in Baldock, Hertfordshire, he was born on 3 April 1816, and graduat ...

Josiah Smith
Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pembroke in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Reverend Thomas Smith and Judith Miller Smith. Smith graduated from Harvard College in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. Service in Congress Smith was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802. Death and burial On his way home from Washington, Smith contracted smallpox in New York, he died in Pembroke. Smith was interred in Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Massachusetts Pembroke is a small historic town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Pembroke is a South Shore suburb of the Boston metropolitan area. The town is located about halfway between Boston and Cape Cod. The town is considered rural w .... References External links * 1738 births 1803 de ...
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Josiah Smith (clergyman)
Josiah Smith (1704 – October 1781) was a clergyman in colonial South Carolina who championed the causes of the evangelical style of the Great Awakening and later American independence. Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina into a prominent family. His grandfather, Thomas, was a landgrave and governor of the province of South Carolina. He spent most of his childhood in Bermuda with his father. Josiah graduated from Harvard in 1725. He received his ordination in 1726, returned to Charleston, and was successively pastor of Presbyterian churches in Bermuda, Cainhoy, and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1730, he became involved in a theological dispute with Rev. Hugh Fisher of Dorchester, South Carolina on the subject of subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith as well as the right of the individual to private judgment. Both Smith and Fisher published sermons concerning the dispute. In 1740, he championed the cause of George Whitefield and invited him to preach from ...
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