Albert Smith (1793-1867) a U.S. Representative, was born in Hanover, Massachusetts, January 3, 1793, attended the common schools and was graduated from Brown University in 1813. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and began his practice in Portland in 1817.

A member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1820, Smith was United States marshal for the district of Maine 1830-1838. He then was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840. He died in Boston on May 29, 1867, with interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Additional resources

Albert Smith Congressional Biography: https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=W000351 (accessed January 10, 2021)

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