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He served as a United States. Representative from Vermont, and was the son of John Smith, of Vermont, a United States. Representative from Vermont. Smith was born in Saint Albans, Franklin County, Vermont to John Smith and Maria Curtis Smith. Smith studied law with his father but did not practice.
He pursued classical studies and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1843.
Smith was involved in the iron trade, and from 1845 until 1860 he engaged in the manufacture of railroad supplies in the iron foundries located in Plattsburgh and Saint Albans. During the Civil War, Smith assisted in raising the 1st Vermont Infantry Regiment. He was the president of the Vermont National Bank from 1864 until 1870.
Smith was elected as a Republican candidate to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1867 until March 3, 1873.
In Congress he served as chairman of the Committees of Banking and Currency, Manufactures and Weights and Measures. Smith served as president of the Saint He was director, and later president, of the Vermont and Canada Railroad, and vice-president of the Central Vermont Railway.
Smith died in Saint Albans, Vermont on January 2, 1894. He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Saint Albans.
Smith served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1863. He was a member of the Vermont State Senate in 1864 and 1865, and was unanimously elected President pro tempore in 1865. From 1868 until 1892 he was a member of the corporation of the University of Vermont.
