Jeremiah Smith (lawyer)

Jeremiah Smith
Frontispiece of 1845's Life of the Hon. Jeremiah Smith by John Hopkins Morison
6th Governor of New Hampshire
In office
June 8, 1809 – June 5, 1810
Preceded byJohn Langdon
Succeeded byJohn Langdon
Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit
In office
February 20, 1801 – July 1, 1802
Appointed byJohn Adams
Preceded bySeat established by 2 Stat. 89
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1791 – July 26, 1797
Preceded byAbiel Foster
Succeeded byPeleg Sprague
Personal details
Born
Jeremiah Smith

(1759-11-29)November 29, 1759
Peterborough,
Province of New Hampshire,
British America
DiedSeptember 21, 1842(1842-09-21) (aged 82)
Dover, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting placeWinter Street Cemetery
Exeter, New Hampshire
Political partyFederalist
RelativesSamuel Smith
Robert Smith
EducationHarvard College
Queen's College
ProfessionAttorney

Jeremiah Smith (November 29, 1759 – September 21, 1842) was a United States representative for New Hampshire, United States Attorney for New Hampshire, a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit, the sixth governor of New Hampshire and chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and the New Hampshire Supreme Judicial Court. He was a member of the Federalist Party.