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| Keywords: J. Hyatt Smith - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon John Hyatt Smith of N Y Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00368 CALL NUMBER LC-BH83- 508 <P P>P P between 1860 1875 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 00368 April 10 1824 - December 7 1886 was a United States Representative from New York Born in Saratoga he was taught by his father and employed for a time as a clerk in Detroit and later as a bank clerk in Albany; while in the latter position he studied theology After ordination his first pastorate was in Poughkeepsie in 1848 He officiated in Cleveland for three years in Buffalo from 1855 to 1860 and in Philadelphia from 1860 to 1866 During the Civil War he served in Virginia with the United States Christian Commission in 1862 and was chaplain of the Forty-seventh Regiment National Guard of New York in 1869 He continued his ministerial duties in Brooklyn from 1866 to 1880 and was elected as an Independent candidate to the Forty-seventh Congress holding office from March 4 1881 to March 3 1883 He appointed by President Arthur a commissioner to inspect the Pacific Railroad after which he resumed a pastorate in Brooklyn He died there in 1886; interment was in Green-Wood Cemetery This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Smith J Hyatt Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York Smith J Hyatt Military chaplains Black and white photographic portraits of men Smith J Hyatt | ||||
