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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | J. Ambler Smith |
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Richmond, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 23, 1847 |
| Died |
January 06, 1892
(45 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SMITH, John Ambler, a Representative from Virginia; born at Village View, near Dinwiddie Court House, Dinwiddie County, Va., September 23, 1847; attended the rural school and was educated at David Turner’s high school at Richmond; was graduated from the law department of the Richmond (Va.) College; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Richmond, Va.; appointed commissioner in chancery of the courts of Richmond in 1868; served as Commonwealth attorney of Charles City and New Kent Counties; member of the State senate in 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; member of the immigration commission to London; died in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 1892; interment in Glenwood Cemetery.
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