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John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and as the 23rd Governor of Connecticut. ==Biography== Smith was born in Sharon, Connecticut, the son of Cotton Mather Smith, a Puritan minister who moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut. Smith completed preparatory studies and graduated from Yale College in 1783. After graduation, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. He began the practice of law in Sharon in 1787.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =John Cotton Smith )〕 Smith married Margaret Evertson and they had one son together.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 JOHN COTTON SMITH, GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, 1812-1817 )〕 He entered politics as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1793. He served in the State House in 1793, 1796 and 1800. In 1800 he served as speaker of that body.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Connecticut Governor John Cotton Smith )〕 Smith was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Brace. He was reelected to the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Congresses, serving from November 17, 1800 until his resignation in August 1806.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Rep. John Cotton Smith )〕 Smith was chairman of the Committee on Claims in the Seventh through Ninth Congresses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SMITH, John Cotton, (1765 - 1845) )〕 After serving in Congress, Smith served as an associate judge of the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors from 1809 to 1811.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Smith, John Cotton (1765-1845) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =JOHN COTTON SMITH )〕 He served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1811 to 1812.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =John Cotton Smith )〕 He was the 22nd Governor of Connecticut from October 25, 1812 to May 8, 1817.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =John Cotton Smith )〕 Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor on the Federalist ticket in 1817. He was the last Federalist Governor of Connecticut.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 John Cotton Smith President of the American Bible Society, 1831-1845 )〕 Smith retired from politics but remained involved in academic and religious organizations. He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Connecticut Historical Society,〔(【引用サイトリンク】John Cotton Smith )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Connecticut Governor John Cotton Smith )〕 and was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.〔(American Antiquarian Society Members Directory )〕 He served as president of the American Bible Society from 1831 until his death in 1845.〔(【引用サイトリンク】John Cotton Smith President of the American Bible Society, 1831-1845 )〕 Smith died on December 7, 1845 in Sharon. He is interred in Hillside Cemetery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =John Cotton Smith )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Cotton Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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