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Robert Smith

Born: 3-Nov-1757
Birthplace: Lancaster, PA
Died: 26-Nov-1842
Location of death: Baltimore, MD
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Westminster Burial Ground, Baltimore, MD

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Democrat-Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09

Secretary of the Navy during the war with the Barbary States.

Brother: Samuel Smith (US Senator)
Wife: Margaret Smith (distant cousin, m. 7-Dec-1790, eight children)

    University: BA, College of New Jersey (1781)

    US Secretary of State (6-Mar-1809 to 1-Apr-1811)
    US Attorney General (3-Mar-1805 to 6-Aug-1805)
    US Secretary of the Navy (27-Jul-1801 to 4-Mar-1809)
    Baltimore City Council (1798-1801)
    Maryland State House of Delegates (1796-1800)
    Maryland State Senate (1793-95)
    Maryland State Bar Association 1786
    American Bible Society President (1811-13)
    Maryland Agriculture Society President (1818)


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