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Niles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gillette" title="Francis Gillette">Francis Gillette</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from Connecticut's <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 4th congressional district">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Simons" title="Samuel Simons">Samuel Simons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Butler" title="Thomas B. Butler">Thomas B. Butler</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from Connecticut's <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 5th congressional district">5th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Phelps" title="Lancelot Phelps">Lancelot Phelps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>(none)</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1831–1832<br />1834</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1791-11-27</span>)</span>November 27, 1791<br /><a href="/wiki/Roxbury,_Connecticut" title="Roxbury, Connecticut">Roxbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 3, 1884<span style="display:none">(1884-05-03)</span> (aged 92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Maria Cook Smith, Mary Ann Dickinson Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Catherine Marie Smith, Jeannie Penniman (Jane) Smith, George Webster Smith, Truman Houston Smith, Samuel Hubbard Smith, Edmond Dickinson Smith, Robert Shufeldt Smith, Henry Humphry Smith, Allen Hoyt Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_Law_School" title="Litchfield Law School">Litchfield Law School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">Judge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Truman Smith</b> (November 27, 1791 – May 3, 1884) was a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> from 1849 to 1854 and a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from Connecticut's <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 4th congressional district">4th</a> and <a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 5th congressional district">5th</a> congressional districts from 1839 to 1843 and from 1845 to 1849. He also served in the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a> from 1831 to 1832, and in 1834. Between 1846 and 1854, Smith oversaw the national campaigns of the Whigs in a role similar to a modern national party chairman. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Smith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was born in <a href="/wiki/Roxbury,_Connecticut" title="Roxbury, Connecticut">Roxbury, Connecticut</a>. He was the nephew of <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Smith" title="Nathaniel Smith">Nathaniel Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Smith_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Smith (senator)">Nathan Smith</a>. Smith completed preparatory studies and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Yale_College" title="Yale College">Yale College</a> in 1815, where he was a member of <a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Unity" title="Brothers in Unity">Brothers in Unity</a>. He studied law at Litchfield Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1818, commencing practice in <a href="/wiki/Litchfield,_Connecticut" title="Litchfield, Connecticut">Litchfield, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married Maria Cook on June 2, 1832, and they had three children, Catherine Marie Smith, Jeannie Penniman (Jane) Smith, and George Webster Smith. His wife, Marie, died on April 20, 1849. He married Mary Ann Dickinson Walker on November 7, 1850, by whom he had six children, Truman Houston Smith, Samuel Hubbard Smith, Edmond Dickinson Smith, Robert Shufeldt Smith, Henry Humphry Smith, and Allen Hoyt Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-CAB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Smith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">Connecticut House of Representatives</a> from 1831 to 1832 and again in 1834. He was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, representing the 5th district, during the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses, and serving from March 4, 1839, to March 3, 1843,<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> declining renomination in 1842. </p><p>Smith was a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_elector" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential elector">presidential elector</a> on the Whig ticket in <a href="/wiki/1844_United_States_presidential_election" title="1844 United States presidential election">1844</a>. He was elected back to the House of Representatives representing the 4th District for the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1846 and 1854, Smith acted as a prototypical national party chairman for the Whig Party. In 1846, he traveled across the country collecting donations from business leaders. The funds were used to print and distribute pamphlets and speeches on the Whig platform and strengthen local Whig organizations in the states and territories. The Whigs did particularly well in the <a href="/wiki/1844%E2%80%9345_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="1844–45 United States House of Representatives elections">Congressional elections</a> that fall, holding all of their Northern Congressional seats and picking up fourteen House Seats in New York, one in New Jersey, five in Pennsylvania, three in Ohio and one in Georgia, although they failed to gain Iowa's two new senatorial seats, which Smith spent considerable resources on.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election" title="1848 United States presidential election">1848 presidential election</a>, Smith became an early backer of the candidacy of <a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a>, believing that the general would have the broadest appeal to voters outside of Connecticut and other Whig strongholds.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the fall campaign, Smith sent contradictory pamphlets to Northern and Southern voters, arguing in the South that Taylor would best defend Southern interests as a slaveholder, and in the North that he would stand against slavery and support the <a href="/wiki/Wilmot_Proviso" title="Wilmot Proviso">Wilmot Proviso</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Taylor's victory, many Whigs desired Smith's inclusion in the cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he declined an appointment to be the first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">United States Secretary of the Interior</a> from President Taylor in 1849, having been elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He was sworn in on March 4, 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_presidential_election" title="1852 United States presidential election">1852</a>, he supported <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott's</a> campaign with pamphlets attacking the character and positions of Democrat <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Franklin Pierce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He overestimated Whig support in the South, leading to surprise when Scott was defeated in a landslide.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, Smith began regularly criticizing his fellow Whigs and expressed futility for the party's prospects. In correspondence with <a href="/wiki/Thurlow_Weed" title="Thurlow Weed">Thurlow Weed</a>, he refused to help rally the Whigs for a comeback in the <a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_elections" title="1854 United States elections">1854 elections</a>, declaring he would "never again lift a finger to put the Whig Party in power".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from the Senate on May 24, 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Afterwards, he lived in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>, with his second wife, Mary Ann Dickinson Smith, while practicing law in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. Mary Ann was the adopted daughter of the miniaturist <a href="/wiki/Anson_Dickinson" title="Anson Dickinson">Anson Dickinson</a>. Smith's New York law office was open from 1854 to 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-CAB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1862, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> appointed Smith judge of the Court of <a href="/wiki/Arbitration_in_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbitration in the United States of America">Arbitration</a> under the treaty of 1862 with <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> for the suppression of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave trade</a> where he served until 1870. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Smith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith retired from business that year and died in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>, on May 3, 1884 (age 92 years, 158 days). He is interred at Stamford in Woodland Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Smith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/2387">"Truman Smith"</a>. 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(1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/risefallofameric0000holt"><i>The Rise and Fall of The American Whig Party</i></a>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-516104-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-516104-5"><bdi>978-0-19-516104-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rise+and+Fall+of+The+American+Whig+Party&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-19-516104-5&rft.aulast=Holt&rft.aufirst=Michael+F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frisefallofameric0000holt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATruman+Smith" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Smith&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressS000621" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000621">"Truman Smith (id: S000621)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Truman+Smith+%28id%3A+S000621%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DS000621&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATruman+Smith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7376541">Truman Smith</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lancelot_Phelps" title="Lancelot Phelps">Lancelot Phelps</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Connecticut05 !"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 5th congressional district">Connecticut's 5th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>(none)</i></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Simons" title="Samuel Simons">Samuel Simons</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States representatives from Connecticut">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Connecticut04 !"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Connecticut's 4th congressional district">Connecticut's 4th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Butler" title="Thomas B. Butler">Thomas B. Butler</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Niles" title="John Milton Niles">John M. Niles</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Connecticut" title="List of United States senators from Connecticut"> U.S. senator (Class 3) from Connecticut</a> </b><br />March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Baldwin" title="Roger Sherman Baldwin">Roger S. 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Dana">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Boardman" title="Elijah Boardman">Boardman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Edwards" title="Henry W. Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Foot" title="Samuel A. Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Smith_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathan Smith (senator)">N. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Niles" title="John Milton Niles">Niles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Betts" title="Thaddeus Betts">Betts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabez_W._Huntington" title="Jabez W. Huntington">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman_Baldwin" title="Roger Sherman Baldwin">R. S. Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Toucey" title="Isaac Toucey">Toucey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Dixon" title="James Dixon">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Buckingham" title="William A. Buckingham">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Eaton" title="William W. Eaton">Eaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Hawley" title="Joseph R. Hawley">Hawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Bulkeley" title="Morgan Bulkeley">Bulkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P._McLean" title="George P. McLean">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_C._Walcott" title="Frederic C. Walcott">Walcott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_T._Maloney" title="Francis T. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Hart" title="Thomas C. Hart">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Baldwin" title="Raymond E. Baldwin">R. E. Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Benton_(politician)" title="William Benton (politician)">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Purtell" title="William A. Purtell">Purtell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Dodd" title="Thomas J. Dodd">T. J. Dodd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Weicker" title="Lowell Weicker">Weicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy" title="Chris Murphy">Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 3</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Samuel_Johnson" title="William Samuel Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Sherman" title="Roger Sherman">Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mix_Mitchell" title="Stephen Mix Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull_Jr." title="Jonathan Trumbull Jr.">Trumbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uriah_Tracy" title="Uriah Tracy">Tracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Goodrich" title="Chauncey Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Daggett" title="David Daggett">Daggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lanman" title="James Lanman">Lanman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Willey" title="Calvin Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Tomlinson" title="Gideon Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Smith_(politician)" title="Perry Smith (politician)">P. 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