Smith, Samuel A
lawyer, congressman, was born June 26, 1822, in Monroe county, Tenn. In 1845 he was elected attorney-general for the third judicial district of Tennessee, which office he held until 1848. He was a delegate to the National convention of that year held at Baltimore; and was soon afterward elected a presidential elector. He was again chosen a presidential elector in 1852; and in 1850 took a deep interest in the affairs of the East Tennessee and Georgia railroad. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the thirty-third congress; and was re-elected to the thirtyfourth and thirty-fifth congresses. In 1859 he was appointed commissioner of the general land office. a was