Samuel Nicholas Smallwood | |
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5th Mayor of the City of Washington, D.C. | |
In office June 14, 1819 – June 14, 1822 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin G. Orr |
Succeeded by | Thomas Carbery |
7th Mayor of the City of Washington, D.C. | |
In office June 14, 1824 – September 30, 1824 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Carbery |
Succeeded by | Roger C. Weightman |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles County, MD | September 5, 1772
Died | September 30, 1824 Washington, DC | (aged 52)
Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Ruth Beall |
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Relatives | William Smallwood |
Residence | 324 Virginia Avenue SE |
Occupation | merchant |
Samuel Nicholas Smallwood (5 September 1772 – September 30, 1824) was the fifth and seventh mayor of Washington, D.C., and was the first popularly elected mayor of the city. Appointed to a one-year term in 1819, Smallwood was elected the following year to a two-year term, which he served from 1820–1822. He then was re-elected in 1824 but served only three months of his second term before dying at the age of 52.