Bernard Smith (New Jersey)
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Bernard Smith, was a Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from New Jersey
New Jersey
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He was born in Morristown, New Jersey
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. After completing preparatory studies he was collector of customs in 1809 and 1810. He was postmaster of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
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 1810-1819.

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821). He did not seek renomination in 1820. He was appointed register of the land office at Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...

 in 1821, and settled in that state. He was secretary to the governor of Arkansas 1825-1828; appointed by Governor George Izard as subagent of the Quapaw Indians in 1825, and served until his death in Little Rock on July 16, 1835. He is intered in Mount Holly Cemetery.
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