serviceyears branch death_date children allegiance birth_date alt term_end restingplace death_place profession battles term_start rank image name predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
1812 & ndash ; 1814 united states army 06 june 1854 green clay smith united states 01 july 1792 a wearing a high-collared white shirt and black jacket man with dark , curly , receding hair 1850 1823 1846 1842 1831 1820 1828 march 3 , richmond cemetery richmond , kentucky lawyer war of 1812 1846 1821 1845 1839 1827 1819 1827 august 6 , colonel john speed smith.jpg john speed smith george robertson jessamine county , kentucky democratic-republican kentucky kentucky house of representatives state senator kentucky state representative speaker of the kentucky 7th thomas patrick moore john speed smith

john speed smith

john speed smith -lrb- july 1 , 1792 -- june 6 , 1854 -rrb- was an attorney and politician , a u.s. representative from kentucky , and a state representative for several terms , as well as state senator .
he served for four years as a us district attorney .
he was the father of green clay smith , who also served as a state representative and us congressman .
