Biography

03/04/1765 - 03/18/1836

Charles Smith (Federalist4) Lancaster County 1815-1819

Early Life:

Charles Smith, born March 4, 1765, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; education father, Philadelphia; valedictorian, Washington College, Maryland, 1783; studied law, admitted, Philadelphia bar, 1786; law practice, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitution Convention, 1790; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1801; elected, member, American Philosophical Society, 1805;  elected, Constitutionalist (Quid), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1806-1808; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1808-1809; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1815-1819; University of Pennsylvania, honorary degree of LL.D., 1819; appointed, President Judge, Ninth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, 1819; commissioned, President Judge, District Court of the City and County of Lancaster, 1820; married, Mary Yeates Smith, children, Sarah Yeates Smith Kimball, William Wemyss Smith; died, March 18, 1836, at  home, 12 Clinton Square, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Studied law, with his eldest brother, William Moore Smith, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitution Convention, 1790. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, 1801

Elected, member, American Philosophical Society, 1805.

Elected, Constitutionalist (Quid), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1806-1808. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1808-1809. 

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Lancaster County, 1815-1819.

Appointed, President Judge, Ninth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Adams, Cumberland and Franklin Counties, 1819. 

Commissioned, President Judge, District Court of the City and County of Lancaster, 1820.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Currently not available.

Cited: Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

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