Albert Smith (Maine politician) explained

Albert Smith
State:Maine
Term Start:March 4, 1839
Term End:March 3, 1841
Predecessor:Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith
Successor:William P. Fessenden
State House2:Maine
Term2:1820
Birth Date:3 January 1793
Birth Place:Hanover, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting Place:Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Roxy Chaddock
Alma Mater:Brown University
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Albert Smith (January 3, 1793 – May 29, 1867) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Born in Hanover, Massachusetts, Smith attended the common schools and was graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1813. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Portland, Maine, in 1817. He served as member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1820. He was United States Marshal for the district of Maine 1830–1838.

Smith was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1867. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.