Preceded by Thomas Bennett, Jr. Political party Federalist Party Alma mater Cambridge University | Name Thomas Smith Resigned March 1815 Died March 28, 1829 | |
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Spouse(s) Anne Rebecca Skirving (m. 1795) Children Anne Hutchinson Smith Elliott Role Former Intendent of Charleston Previous office Mayor of Charleston (1813–1815) | ||
Thomas Rhett Smith was the twenty-first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving from 1813 to March 1815.
Smith was born in 1768 to Roger Smith and Mary Rutledge. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for St. James and Goose Creek Parish during four session, 1792–1799. In September 1796, he was elected to be a warden (city council member) for Charleston and was re-elected in September 1797. In 1800-1801, he served another term, representing the Charleston area.
Smith was elected intendant on September 20, 1813, by a vote of 465 (Smith) to 318 (Democrat Thomas Bennett Jr.) and was re-elected on September 19, 1814. He did not complete his second term; he resigned in March 1815 and was replaced by Elias Horry.
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