Josiah Smith
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Josiah Smith (February 26, 1738 - April 4, 1803) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pembroke, he graduated from Harvard College in 1774, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1789 and 1790 and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1792 to 1794 and in 1797. He was State treasurer in 1797, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1803. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1802 and died in Pembroke; interment was in Pembroke Cemetery.
