John Cotton Smith

John Cotton Smith

John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 - December 7, 1845) was a governor of Connecticut. He was a Federalist, serving as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1800, 1806-1807, 1807-1809), as a Congressman for Connecticut from 1800-1806, Lt. Governor (1811-1812), and finally as the last Federalist Governor of Connecticut from 1812 to 1817.

He was born and died in Sharon, Connecticut. John Cotton Smith's father was Cotton Mather Smith, a Puritan minister who moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut. Smith studied at Yale, graduating in 1783. He was proud of his Puritan background and during his life was active in religious organizations. He served as president of the American Bible Society from 1831 until his death in 1845.

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* [http://www.americanbiblehistory.com/john_cotton_smith.html Biographical Sketch of John Cotton Smith]
* View congressional biography here: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000570


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