Arthur Smith (U.S. representative) explained

Arthur Smith
Office1:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Isle of Wight County
Term1:1836–1840
Predecessor1:Joel Holleman
Successor1:Joel Holleman
Term2:1818–1819
Alongside Ely Exum, John Crocker
State3:Virginia
District3:2nd
Term Start3:March 4, 1823
Term End3:March 4, 1825
Predecessor3:James Stephenson
Successor3:James Trezvant
State4:Virginia
District4:20th
Term Start4:March 4, 1821
Term End4:March 3, 1823
Preceded4:John C. Gray
Succeeded4:John Floyd
Birth Date:15 November 1785
Birth Place:Windsor Castle, Smithfield, Virginia
Death Place:Smithfield, Virginia
Restingplace:Windsor Castle, Smithfield, Virginia
Alma Mater:College of William and Mary
Occupation:lawyer, planter
Party:Democratic-Republican
Battles:War of 1812
Rank:Colonel
Allegiance:United States of America

Arthur Smith (November 15, 1785  - March 30, 1853) was a U.S. representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born at "Windsor Castle," near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Smith attended an academy at Smithfield, Virginia, and graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808, and commenced practice in Smithfield, Virginia. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Smith served as colonel in the War of 1812. He also served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1818 to 1820.

Smith was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821  - March 3, 1825). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1824.

Smith resumed the practice of law, and again served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1836–1841. He died in Smithfield, Virginia, March 30, 1853. He was interred in the family burying ground on Windsor Castle estate, near Smithfield, Virginia.

Electoral history