Josiah Smith

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| name =Josiah Smith

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| state1 =Massachusetts

| district1 ={{ushr|MA|6|6th}}

| term_start1 =March 4, 1801

| term_end1 =March 3, 1803

| preceded1 =John Reed Sr.

| succeeded1 =Samuel Taggart

| office2 =Member of the Massachusetts Senate

| term2 =1792-1794
1797

| office3 =Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

| term3 =1789-1790

| birth_date ={{birth date|1738|2|26}}

| birth_place =Pembroke, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America

| death_date ={{dda|1803|4|4|1738|2|26}}

| death_place =Pembroke, Massachusetts, U.S.

|restingplace= Pembroke Cemetery

| nationality =

| party = Democratic-Republican

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| relations =

| children =Albert Smith

| residence =

| alma_mater =Harvard College, 1774

| occupation =

| profession =Attorney

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Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 – April 4, 1803) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pembroke in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Reverend Thomas Smith and Judith Miller Smith.{{Citation | last= Proctor|first=Karen Cross| title = Pembroke| page = 123 | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | location = Mount Pleasant, SC | year = 2008}} Smith graduated from Harvard College in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced.

Service in Congress

Smith was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802.

Death and burial

On his way home from Washington, Smith contracted smallpox in New York, he died in Pembroke.{{Citation | last= Hurd|first= Duane Hamilton| title = History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of its Pioneers and Prominent Men| page = 237 | publisher = J.W. Lewis & CO. | location = Philadelphia, PA | year = 1884}} Smith was interred in Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Massachusetts.