SMYTH, Alexander (1765-1830)
Jacksonian of Virginia 
22nd congressional district
Served in House 1817-1825 , 1827-1830
Biography
Representative from Virginia; born on the Island of Rathlin, Ireland, in 1765; immigrated to the United States and settled in Botetourt County, Va., in 1775; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Abingdon, Va.; moved to Wythe County, Va.; member of the Virginia state house of delegates in 1792, 1796, 1801, 1802, and 1804-1808; served in the Virginia state senate in 1808 and 1809; United States Army, 1808-1813; resumed the practice of his profession; again a member of the Virginia state house of delegates in 1816, 1817, 1826, and 1827; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fifteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses, and reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1825); elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twentieth and to the succeeding Congress and served from March 4, 1827, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 17, 1830; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
