| 词条 | Arthur R. Smith |
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|name = Arthur R. Smith |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1805|11|08}} |birth_place = Suffolk County, Virginia, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|1865|9|16|1805|11|8}} |death_place=Catonsville, Maryland, U.S. |occupation = Doctor |alma_mater = University of Virginia |title= state Senator, Delegate }} Arthur R. Smith (November 8, 1805 – September 16, 1865) was a nineteenth-century American doctor and politician from Virginia. Early lifeSmith was born in Suffolk County, Virginia. He was educated in local county schools, and received a Medical Doctorate from the University of Virginia in 1825-1826.[1] CareerAs an adult, Smith lived in Norfolk County, Virginia (now Chesapeake) and practiced medicine there at Deep Creek. He attended medical lectures in Philadelphia in 1848.[2] Smith was elected to the Virginia state Senate, and in 1856 relocated his practice to Portsmouth.[3] In 1850, Smith was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of four delegates elected from the southeastern delegate district made up of his home district of Norfolk County, Norfolk City and Princess Anne County.[4] Elected to the Virginia Senate for the session 1852/53, Smith was reelected for the 1853/54 session.[5] Smith was a member of the Democratic National Convention of 1860 at Charleston, South Carolina. Elected to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, he voted for secession.[6] During the American Civil War, Smith was banished from Portsmouth by General Benjamin Butler. Smith ran the blockade, and served in Confederate hospitals in Richmond, Virginia and Farmville. [7] DeathArthur R. Smith died on September 16, 1865 in Catonsville, Maryland shortly after moving there following his Confederate hospital service.[8] References1. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 2. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 3. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 4. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 99 5. ^Swem 1918, p.429 6. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 7. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 8. ^Pulliam 1901, p. 111 Bibliography
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