James Strudwick Smith (September 8, 1787December 7, 1852) was a

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from

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; born near

Hillsboro, North Carolina The town of Hillsborough is the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States, and is located along the Eno River. The population was 6,087 in 2010, but it grew rapidly to 9,660 by 2020. Its name was unofficially shortened to "Hil ...

, September 8, 1787; attended a private school near Hillsboro and Hillsboro Academy; was graduated from

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, in 1818, and practiced medicine near Hillsboro and later near

Chapel Hill, North Carolina Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, Orange and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States census, making Chapel Hill the List of municipa ...

; elected as a

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to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Sixteenth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of medicine; member of the State house of commons in 1821 and 1822; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1835; died near Chapel Hill, N.C., December 7, 1852; interment in a private cemetery on his farm.

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Entry in US Congress Biographical Directory

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Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Thomas Jefferson University alumni 1787 births 1852 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Hillsborough, North Carolina Physicians from North Carolina 19th-century American physicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub

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