.....As
you walk further to the east you will first see on your right
hand site a statue of Major General Samuel Smith, sculpted in
Hans Schuler and unveiled in 1918.
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Served in the Revolutionary War as captain, major, and
lieutenant colonel
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Engaged in the shipping business
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Member, State house of delegates 1790-1792
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At the time of the threatened war with France in 1794 was
appointed brigadier general of militia and commanded
Maryland’s quota during the Whisky Rebellion
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During the War of 1812 served as major general of militia in
the defense of Baltimore
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Elected to the Third and to the four succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1793-March 3, 1803)
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Did not seek renomination in 1802, having become a candidate
for Senator
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Chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Fifth
through Seventh Congresses)
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Elected to the United States Senate as a Republican in 1802,
reelected in 1808, and served from March 4, 1803, to March 3,
1815
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Served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Ninth
and Tenth Congresses
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Elected to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Nicholas R. Moore
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Re-elected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth
Congresses and served from January 31, 1816, to December 17,
1822, when he resigned, having been elected Senator
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Chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the
Treasury (Fourteenth Congress), Committee on Ways and Means
(Fifteenth through Seventeenth Congresses)
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Elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of William Pinkney
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Re-elected in 1826 and served from December 17, 1822, to March
3, 1833
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Served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the
Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses)
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Chairman, Committee on Finance (Eighteenth and Twentieth
through Twenty-second Congresses)
Samuel
Smith
