Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a

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from

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. Born in Pembroke in the

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, to Reverend Thomas Smith and Judith Miller Smith. Smith graduated from

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in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced.

Service in Congress

Smith was elected as a

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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,

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