Thomas Rhett Smith
21st Mayor of Charleston
In office
1813 – March 1815
Preceded byThomas Bennett Jr.
Succeeded byElias Horry
Personal details
Born1768
DiedMarch 28, 1829
Political partyFederalist
SpouseAnne Rebecca Skirving (m. 1795)
ChildrenAnne Hutchinson Smith Elliott
Alma materCambridge University
Thomas Rhett Smith acquired the John Drayton House at 2 Ladson St., Charleston in 1813 and occupied it during his time as mayor of the city.

Thomas Rhett Smith was the twenty-first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving from 1813 to March 1815.

Smith was born in 1768 to Roger Smith and Mary Rutledge. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for St. James and Goose Creek Parish during four session, 1792–1799.[1] In September 1796, he was elected to be a warden (city council member) for Charleston and was re-elected in September 1797.[2][3] In 1800–1801, he served another term, representing the Charleston area.[4]

Smith was elected intendant on September 20, 1813, by a vote of 465 (Smith) to 318 (Democrat Thomas Bennett Jr.)[5] and was re-elected on September 19, 1814. He did not complete his second term; he resigned in March 1815 and was replaced by Elias Horry.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ELECTIONS". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. October 13, 1796. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The following gentlemen were yesterday elected . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 6, 1796. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Yesterday elections were held . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 5, 1797. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "THOMAS RHETT SMITH". Halsey Map Project. Preservation Society of Charleston. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Triumph of Federalism!". Northern Whig. Hudson, New York. October 5, 1813. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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