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tor in place of William Pinkney, deceased, and took his seat, Dec. 17, 1822; completed the term, March 3, 1827, and was re-elected for a full term expiring March 3, 1833. He was major-general in the state militia and commanded the troops called out to defend the city of Baltimore against the mob in possession of the city in 1835. He was mayor of Baltimore, 1835-38, and died suddenly in that city, April 22, 1839.

SMITH, Samuel Axley, representative, was born in Monroe county, Tenn., June 26, 1822; son

of John N. and (Smith) Smith. His

father died when he was very young and his early life was spent on a farm, with but limited opportunities for attending school. In 1843 he began to give his education serious attention and at the end of three months became a teacher, alternately teaching and attending school, 1843- 44. He studied law for ten months; was ad- mitted to the bar in 1845; began practice in Charleston, Tenn., and was state's attorney for the third judicial district, 1845-48. He was married in 1846, to Martha E., daughter of John L. and Mary H. McCarty of Calhoun, Tenn. He was a delegate to the Democratic national con- vention at Baltimore, Md., in 1848; was candidate for presidential elector on the Cass and Butler ticket in 1848, and on the Pierce and King ticket in 1852. He was a Democratic representative from Tennessee in the 33d, 34th and 35th con- grosses, 1853-59, and author of the resolution that made Natlianiel P. Banks speaker in 1855, on the 133d ballot. He was appointed by Presi- dent Buchanan, commissioner of the genei'al land office, Jan. 12, 1860, which position he re- signed, Feb. 12, 1860. He joined the Confederate States army in 1861, and died at Ladd Springs, Polk county, Tenn., in January, 1864.

SMITH, Samuel Emerson, governor of Maine, was born in HoUis, X.H., March 12. 1788; son of Manasseh and Hannah (Emerson) Smith. He was graduated at Harvard in 1808, and received an honorary A.B. degree from Bowdoin in the same year. He settled in Wiscasset, Maine, in 1812, and was a representative in the Massachu- setts general court, 1819-20, and in the Maine legislature, 1820-21, the first year of Maine's statehood. He became chief justice of the cir- cuit court of common pleas in 1821, and when, in 1822, that court was abolished, he was made associate justice of the new court of common pleas, 1822-30. He was elected governor of Maine in 1830, serving, 1831-34; was again justice of the court of common pleas, serving, 1835-37, and was a member of the commission to revise the statutes of Maine in 1837. He was married on Sept. 12, 1832, to Louisa Sophia, daugliter of Henry Weld and Esther (Gould) Fuller of Augusta. He died at Wiscasset, March 4, 1860.

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SMITH, Samuel Francis, hymnologist, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808. He attended the Boston Latin school; was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1829, A.M., 1832, and from the Andover Theological seminary in 1832; was or- dained to the Baptist ministry at Water- ville, Maine, Feb. 12, 1834, and was pastor of the church at Waterville, acting professor of modern languages at Colby university, 1834-41, and pastor of the First Baptist church at Newton Centre, Mass., 1842-54. He was married to Mary (1813-1903), daugh- ter of Jonathan K. and Ann (White)

Smith and granddaughter of Hezekiah Smith of the Continental army. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Colby univer- sity in 1853, and he was a trustee of that insti- tution, 1840-60. Upon the death of his widow in 1903, in accordance with the terms of liis will, Colby college received a legacy of $25,000. He edited the Baptist Missioyiary Magazine, 1832-33, and the Christian Review, 1842—48, besides publi- cations of the American Baptist Missionary union, 1854-59; and he is author of the national hymn, America (1832); TJie Morning Light is Breaking (1832); Lyric Gems (1843); The Psalmist (1843). and Rock of Ages (1866, new edition, 1877), and also published: Life of the Rev. Joseph Grafton (1848); Missionary Sketches (1879); History of NewtoJi, Mass. (1880), and Rambles in Missio7i Fields (1884). He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 16, 1895.

SMITH, Samuel Stanhope, educator, was born in Pequea, Pa., March 16, 1750; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Blair) Smith. His father was brought from Londonderry, Ireland, to America by liis parents in 1730; settled in Chester, Pa.; became a Presbyterian clergyinan and conducted a classical and theological school at Pequea. Pa., 1751-93. at which Samuel was prepared for college. Samuel was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1769, A.M., 1772; was assistant at his fathers school, 1769-70, and tutor at the College of New Jersey, 1770-73. He was ordained to the Pres- byterian ministiy in 1774 and was a missionary in western Virginia. 1774-75. He was pastor of Cumberland and Briery churches. Prince Edward county, Va.; first president of Prince Edward academy, now Hampden-Sidney college, 1775-79; professor of moral philosophy at the College of