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American politician

John Hugh Smith (1819–1870) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, three times, from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865.

Early life

Smith was born in 1819 in Nashville. His father was John H. Smith and his mother, Maria (Combs) Smith.

Career

Smith served as Mayor of Nashville from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865. In 1862, he had been appointed by Tennessee Governor (and future President) Andrew Johnson to replace Richard Boone Cheatham, who was arrested.

After his retirement in 1865, Smith shot at a policeman called Brown in Nashville.

Personal life and death

Smith was never married. He died on July 7, 1870, in Nashville, and he is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

References

^ "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
Nashville Library
William Henry McRaven, Nashville: Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949 p. 272
Paul H. Bergeron, Andrew Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction, Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 2011, p. 23,
William C. Harris, With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1997, p. 45
ROM TENNESSEE.; An Affray at Nashville--Case of Embezzlement--Cotton Market. Interesting Relics Found--Pardons for Notorious Rebels. From Toronto--A Contradiction. From Buffalo--Fatal Bridge Accident., The New York Times, November 7, 1865

Political offices
Preceded byPowhatan W. Maxey	Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1845–1846	Succeeded byJohn A. Goodlett
Preceded byJohn McCormick Lea	Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1850–1853	Succeeded byWilliamson Hartley Horn
Preceded byRichard Boone Cheatham	Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee 1862–1865	Succeeded byWilliam Matt Brown

v t e Mayors of Nashville
Pre-consolidation (1806–1963)	J. Coleman Bradford Tait Elliston Cantrell Baker Robertson Crutcher Condon Erwin Currey R. McGavock Tannehill Robertson Armstrong Bass Erwin William Nichol H. Hollingsworth Trabue Stout T. Coleman Maxey Smith Goodlett Allison Lea Smith Horn Shapard Castleman Anderson McEwen R.W. McGavock S. Hollingsworth Cheatham Smith William Matt Brown Alden Bass Morris Kercheval Howell Kercheval Phillips Kercheval McCarver Litterer Guild McCarthey Dudley Head Williams Morris Brown Howse Ewing Gupton Wilson Sharpe Howse Cummings West
Metropolitan government (1963–present)	B. Briley Fulton Boner Bredesen Purcell Dean Barry D. Briley Cooper O'Connell
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