James S. Smart
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James S. Smart
| image =
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| state = New York
| district = 16th
| term_start = March 4, 1873
| term_end = March 3, 1875
| predecessor = John Rogers
| successor = Charles H. Adams
| birth_name = James Stevenson Smart
| birth_date = {{birth date|1842|6|14}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1903|9|17|1842|6|14}}
| death_place = Cambridge, New York, U.S.
| resting_place = Woodland Cemetery, Cambridge, New York, U.S.
| party = Republican
| alma_mater = Jefferson College
}}
James Stevenson Smart (June 14, 1842 – September 17, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life
Born in Baltimore, Maryland on June 14, 1842, Smart moved with his parents to Coila, part of Cambridge, Washington County, New York, in 1849.Thomas William Herringshaw, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gMTTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA230 Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography], 1914, page 230
He attended Cambridge Academy and Union College in Schenectady, and graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1863.Society of the Sigma Xi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KTZOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA33 Catalogue of the Sigma Chi Fraternity], 1876, page 33
While in college, Smart became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.Joseph Cookman Nate, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rsdKAAAAYAAJ&q=james+smart The History of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1855-1925], Volume 2, 1925, page 96
Civil War
Smart entered the Union Army in January 1864 as First Lieutenant in the 16th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment.Union College, [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924077252918#page/70/mode/2up Union College Alumni in the Civil War, 1861-1865], page 70
He was promoted to Captain and commander of the regiment's Company K. The regiment took part in action in Virginia and North Carolina, including the Second Battle of Fort Fisher and he served until after the war, receiving his discharge in August 1865.U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, [http://cdm16635.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16635coll20/id/102186/rec/13 Digital Collections, Description of Two Photos of James S. Smart], retrieved December 25, 2013Horace Persons Mathews, King Siphonous Hammond, authors, Kenneth A. Perry, editor, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zkIfAQAAMAAJ&q=%22smart,+james+s%22+cambridge We Are in a Fight Today: The Civil War Diaries of Horace P. Mathews & King S. Hammond], 2000, page 137
Post Civil War
Smart was a newspaper writer and editor, and became publisher of the Washington County Post.Crisfield Johnson, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofwashing00john#page/86/mode/2up History of Washington Co., New York], page 86
He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/02/04/104107786.pdf Timely Washington Topics: Lobbyists Ready for the Senate Tariff Struggle], February 4, 1894The Saratogian, [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Saratoga%20Springs%20NY%20Saratogian/Saratoga%20Springs%20NY%20Saratogian%201875/Saratoga%20Springs%20NY%20Saratogian%201875%20-%200044.pdf Local News: Washington County], March 11, 1875
For many years Smart was a member of the New York Republican State Committee's central committee, and he was a Delegate to several Republican National Conventions.Republican National Committee, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hS4zAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA99 Official Proceedings of the 1888 Republican National Convention], 1888, page 99New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/09/27/106258444.pdf The Republican Committee], September 27, 1883
In 1883 he was appointed federal Collector of Internal Revenue for New York's northern district, and he served until 1885, when he was succeeded by Samuel Tilden, Jr., the nephew of Samuel J. Tilden.New York Times, [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/07/10/103630001.pdf The State Politicians: Counting the Candidates for the Fall Election], July 10, 1885Troy Times, [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201885-1886/Troy%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201885-1886%20-%200455.pdf Change in Revenue Collectorship], November 11, 1885
Death and burial
He died in Cambridge on September 17, 1903.Elizabethtown Post and Gazette, [http://news.nnyln.net/elizabethtown-post/1903/elizabethtown-post-1903-july-september%20-%200052.pdf Death of Hon. James S. Smart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226203922/http://news.nnyln.net/elizabethtown-post/1903/elizabethtown-post-1903-july-september%20-%200052.pdf |date=2013-12-26 }}, September 24, 1903 He was interred in Cambridge's Woodland Cemetery, Section G, Lot 50.Thomas E. Spencer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&dq=%22smart%2C+james+stevenson%22+cambridge&pg=PA252 Where They're Buried], 1998, page 252New York Veterans Burial Cards, entry for James S. Smart, retrieved December 25, 2013
References
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|7589485}}
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html James Stevenson Smart] at [http://politicalgraveyard.com/ The Political Graveyard], retrieved December 25, 2013
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Category:People from Cambridge, New York
Category:19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
Category:Washington & Jefferson College alumni
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives