Jeremiah Smith

Judge Jeremiah Smith

Personal

Birthday:

11/29/1759

Birthplace:

Peterborough, NH

Date of Death:

9/21/1842

Place of Death:

Dover, NH

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Continental Army
Private practice, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1786-1796
State representative, New Hampshire, 1798-1791
U.S. representative from New Hampshire, 1791-1797
U.S. attorney for the District of New Hampshire, 1797-1800
Judge, Rockingham County [New Hampshire] Probate Court, 1800-1801
Chief justice, Superior Court of Judicature of New Hampshire, 1802-1809, 1813-1816
Governor, New Hampshire, 1809-1810
Private practice, New Hampshire, 1810-1813, 1816-1820

Education

Name of School:

Harvard University

Name of School - Second:

Queens College (now Rutgers University)

Degree Year - Second:

1780

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1786

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit

President Nominating:

John Adams

Party Affiliation of President:

Federalist

Commission Date:

02/20/1801

Termination Date:

07/01/1802

Termination Reason:

Abolition of Court