Background
Smith, Josiah was born on February 26, 1738 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
Smith, Josiah was born on February 26, 1738 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
Smith graduated from Harvard College in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced.
Born in Pembroke, to Reverend Thomas Smith and Judith Miller Smith. He was State treasurer in 1797,
Smith was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802.
On his way home from Washington, Smith contracted smallpox in New York, he died in Pembroke.
Smith was interred in Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Massachusetts.
Smith was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1789 and 1790 and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1792 to 1794 and in 1797.