Jerome V. C. Smith

Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith
Mayor of Boston
In office
1854–1855
Preceded byBenjamin Seaver
Succeeded byAlexander H. Rice
Personal details
Born(1800-07-20)July 20, 1800[1]
Conway, New Hampshire, US[1]
DiedAugust 21, 1879(1879-08-21) (aged 79)[1]
Richmond, Massachusetts, US[2]
Political partyNative American Party[3]
SpouseEliza Ward Brown (1806-1876)
Residence(s)Boston, Mass.; New York City
Alma materBrown University,[4] Williams College[1]
ProfessionMedical doctor[1]

Jerome Van Crowninsfield Smith (July 20, 1800 – August 21, 1879) was an American physician, author and politician, serving as the fourteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston: State Street Trust Company, 1914, pp. 23-25.
  2. ^ "Death of a Boston Ex-Mayor," Boston Herald, 21 August 1879, p. 1.
  3. ^ From Our Own Correspondent (January 5, 1868), "BOSTON.; The City and Its New Mayor--The Past Mayors of Boston and Who They Were--Distress in the City--Personal.", New York Times, New York, NY, p. 3 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).