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Horace Boardman Smith

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(August 18, 1826 — December 26, 1888) Horace Boardman Smith was an American politician, judge, and lawyer. Smith was born in Whitingham, Vermont in 1826. After graduating from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, he moved to New York in 1850, and there he was admitted to the bar. While practicing law in Elmira, Smith served in various local offices, and also acted as judge of Chemung County. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After his service in Congress, Smith returned to practicing law in Elmira, and later served as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1883 to 1888. He died soon after retiring from the State Supreme Court, on December 26, 1888. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000552]

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