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George C. Smith[1] (February 12, 1804 – March 10, 1882) was a politician, historian, scientist, and doctor from Delaware County, Pennsylvania.[2]
Early life
George C. Smith was born on February 12, 1804, in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, to Benjamin Hayes Smith and Margaret Dunn Smith.[3] He graduated with an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1826.[4] He was married to Mary Lewis in 1829 by future Vice President George M. Dallas.[5]
Career
Smith was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 4th district in 1831, serving from 1832 to 1836 as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party.[1][2] During his time in office, he drafted a law which guaranteed free public education in Pennsylvania.[6] Because of this, he was appointed the first Superintendent of Common Schools of Delaware County and President of Upper Darby School District.[5] In 1836, he was appointed by Governor Joseph Ritner as Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County.[6] He was one of the founders of the Delaware County Institute of Science, and served as its first president.[4][7] In 1862, Smith published History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.[8]
Death
Smith died on March 10, 1804 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.[6] He is interred at the Old Haverford Friends Meeting Burial Ground.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Senate Members "S"". staffweb.wilkes.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ a b Levick, James J. (1882). "George Smith, M.D., Author of the History of Delaware County". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 6 (2): 182–188. ISSN 0031-4587.
- ^ a b "George C. Smith - Pennsylvania Senate Library". www.library.pasen.gov. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 16 (help) - ^ a b Kerr, Richard D. (20 August 2016). "SMITH-George_MD_1804-1882" (PDF). Upper Darby Historical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "George Smith – Upper Darby Historical Society". Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ a b c Hart, Charles Henry (4 May 1882). "George-Smith-by-Charles-Hart-Numismatic-Antiquarian-Society-1882" (PDF). Upper Darby Historical Society. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Garner, Winfield Scott; Wiley, Samuel T. (1894). Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, comprising a historical sketch of the county. New York Public Library. Richmond, Ind., New York, Gresham Pub. Co.
- ^ Smith, George; Delaware county institute of science, Media (1862). History of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limits to the present time, with a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, plants, quadrupeds, and birds. University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Philadelphia, Printed by H. B. Ashmead.