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| '''Robert Smith''' (], ]–], ]) was the second ] from ] to ] and the sixth ] from 1809 to ]. | '''Robert Smith''' (], ]–], ]) was the second ] from ] to ] and the sixth ] from ] to ]. | ||
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| On ], ], the Senate confirmed the appointments of Smith as ] and ] as Secretary of the Navy. | |||
| However, Crowninshield declined his appointment, so Smith briefly served as both Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy. | |||
| Eventually, President Jefferson appointed John Breckinridge to replace Smith as Attorney General and Smith resumed his role as a full-time Secretary of the Navy. | |||
| Smith finally left the office of Secretary of the Navy with the end of President Jefferson's administration on ], ]. | |||
| Jefferson's successor, President ], immediately appointed Smith as Secretary of State, an office which he held from ], ] until his resignation on ], ]. | |||
| Smith became the president of the not-yet-fully-organized ] in ]. In 1818, he became the founding president of the Maryland Agriculture Society and afterwards retired to a more private life where he enjoyed his wealth. Robert Smith died in ] on November 26, 1842. | Smith became the president of the not-yet-fully-organized ] in ]. In ], he became the founding president of the Maryland Agriculture Society and afterwards retired to a more private life where he enjoyed his wealth. Robert Smith died in ] on ], ]. | ||
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Robert Smith (November 3, 1757–November 26, 1842) was the second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811.
Smith was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolutionary War, he served in the Continental Army and participated in the Battle of Brandywine. He graduated from Princeton University in 1781 and began to practice law in Maryland. Smith became the Presidential Elector in the Electoral College for Maryland in 1789, then a member of state's senate from 1793 to 1795, and finally a member of Maryland's house of delegates from 1796 to 1800. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him as Secretary of the Navy in July 27, 1801. On March 2, 1805, the Senate confirmed the appointments of Smith as United States Attorney General and Jacob Crowninshield as Secretary of the Navy. However, Crowninshield declined his appointment, so Smith briefly served as both Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy. Eventually, President Jefferson appointed John Breckinridge to replace Smith as Attorney General and Smith resumed his role as a full-time Secretary of the Navy. Smith finally left the office of Secretary of the Navy with the end of President Jefferson's administration on March 4, 1809. Jefferson's successor, President James Madison, immediately appointed Smith as Secretary of State, an office which he held from March 6, 1809 until his resignation on April 1, 1811.
Smith became the president of the not-yet-fully-organized American Bible Society in 1813. In 1818, he became the founding president of the Maryland Agriculture Society and afterwards retired to a more private life where he enjoyed his wealth. Robert Smith died in Baltimore, Maryland on November 26, 1842.
| Preceded by: James Madison |
United States Secretary of State 1809–1811 |
Succeeded by: James Monroe |
| Preceded by: Levi Lincoln |
United States Attorney General 1805 |
Succeeded by: John Breckinridge |
| Preceded by: Benjamin Stoddert |
United States Secretary of the Navy 1801–1809 |
Succeeded by: Paul Hamilton |