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|birth_date=September 17, 1719
|birth_date= 1719
|birth_place=[[Ulster]], [[Ireland]]
|birth_place=[[Dublin]], Ireland
|death_date=July 26, 1806 (aged 87)
|death_date=July 11, 1806 (aged 87)
|death_place=[[York, Pennsylvania]]
|death_place=[[York, Pennsylvania]], US
| resting_place=First Presbyterian Churchyard,<br />York
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|known_for=signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]]
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'''James Smith''' (September 17, 1719<ref name=Appleton>{{cite book|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=James Grant|editor2-last=Fiske|editor2-first=John|title=Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Vol V. Pickering–Sumter|date=1888|publisher=D. Appleton and Company|page=1559|url=https://archive.org/details/appletonscyclopdv5wils|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Maszczak>{{cite web|last1=Maszczak|first1=Steve|title=Smith, James|url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Smith__James.html|website=Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania|publisher=Pennsylvania State University|access-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022045009/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Smith__James.html|archive-date=October 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> – July 11, 1806), a [[Founding Father of the United States]], was an Irish/American lawyer and a signer to the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[Pennsylvania]].
'''James Smith''' (September 17, 1719<ref name=Appleton>{{cite book|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=James Grant|editor2-last=Fiske|editor2-first=John|title=Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Vol V. Pickering–Sumter|date=1888|publisher=D. Appleton and Company|page=1559|url=https://archive.org/details/appletonscyclopdv5wils|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Maszczak>{{cite web|last1=Maszczak|first1=Steve|title=Smith, James|url=http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Smith__James.html|website=Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania|publisher=Pennsylvania State University|access-date=August 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022045009/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Smith__James.html|archive-date=October 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> – July 11, 1806), a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father of the United States]], was an Irish/American lawyer and a signer to the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[Pennsylvania]].


He was born in [[Ireland]]; his family immigrated to [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]], in 1729.<ref name=Appleton/> Smith attended the [[University of Pennsylvania|Philadelphia Academy]].<ref name=Congress>{{cite web|title=Smith, James, (1713–1806)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000558|website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near [[Shippensburg, Pennsylvania|Shippensburg]], and later near [[York, Pennsylvania|York]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Losser|first1=B.J.|title=Biographical Sketches of Signers of the American Declaration of Independence|date=1857|publisher=Derby & Jackson|location=New York|page=120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymU9AAAAYAAJ&q=signers+of+articles+of+confederation|access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref> He became captain of the militia there. He was appointed to the provincial convention in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in 1775, to the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the [[Continental Congress]]. He was reelected to Congress in 1785 but declined to attend because of his advanced age.
He was born in [[Ireland]]; his family immigrated to [[Chester County, Pennsylvania]], in 1729.<ref name=Appleton/> Smith attended the [[University of Pennsylvania|Philadelphia Academy]].<ref name=Congress>{{cite web|title=Smith, James, (1713–1806)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000558|website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near [[Shippensburg, Pennsylvania|Shippensburg]] and later near [[York, Pennsylvania|York]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Losser|first1=B.J.|title=Biographical Sketches of Signers of the American Declaration of Independence|date=1857|publisher=Derby & Jackson|location=New York|page=120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymU9AAAAYAAJ&q=signers+of+articles+of+confederation|access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref> He became captain of the militia there. He was appointed to the provincial convention in [[Philadelphia]] in 1775, to the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the [[Continental Congress]], where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He was reelected to Congress in 1785 but declined to attend because of his advanced age.


Smith died on July 11, 1806, and is buried in [[York, Pennsylvania]], First Presbyterian Churchyard.<ref>{{Find a Grave|2772}}</ref> The [[University of Delaware]] has a dorm on its North Campus bearing his name.
Smith died on July 11, 1806, and is buried in York, Pennsylvania, First Presbyterian Churchyard. The [[University of Delaware]] has a dormitory on its North Campus bearing his name.


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 18 February 2024

James Smith
Born1719
Dublin, Ireland
DiedJuly 11, 1806 (aged 87)
York, Pennsylvania, US
Resting placeFirst Presbyterian Churchyard,
York
Known forsigner of the United States Declaration of Independence
Signature

James Smith (September 17, 1719[1][2] – July 11, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was an Irish/American lawyer and a signer to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.

He was born in Ireland; his family immigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1729.[1] Smith attended the Philadelphia Academy.[3] He studied law at the office of his brother George and was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania, initially practicing near Shippensburg and later near York.[4] He became captain of the militia there. He was appointed to the provincial convention in Philadelphia in 1775, to the state constitutional convention in 1776, and was elected to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He was reelected to Congress in 1785 but declined to attend because of his advanced age.

Smith died on July 11, 1806, and is buried in York, Pennsylvania, First Presbyterian Churchyard. The University of Delaware has a dormitory on its North Campus bearing his name.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1888). Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography: Vol V. Pickering–Sumter. D. Appleton and Company. p. 1559. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ Maszczak, Steve. "Smith, James". Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "Smith, James, (1713–1806)". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Losser, B.J. (1857). Biographical Sketches of Signers of the American Declaration of Independence. New York: Derby & Jackson. p. 120. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  • Lawyers and Leaders: The Role of Lawyers in the Development of York County, Pennsylvania, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9766629-0-7, York County Bar Association by Georg R. Sheets
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