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Jeremiah Smith
Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit · 1801
Jeremiah Smith , Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit. Jeremiah Smith (November 29, 1759 – September 21, 1842) was a United States representative for New Hampshire, U.S. 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.
Education
- Harvard University
- Queens College (now Rutgers University)1780
- Read law1786
Career
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
Biography
Jeremiah Smith (November 29, 1759 – September 21, 1842) was a United States representative for New Hampshire, U.S. 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.
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