1848 WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION REMARKS TRUMAN SMITH ON ELECTION ZACHARY TAYLOR

Description: Remarks of Mr. Truman Smith, of Conn. : on the imputations of N.B. Blunt, Esq., of the city of New York, on his course as a delegate to the recent Whig national convention : together with an exposition of the benefits which will result to the country from the elevation of Gen. Zachary Taylor to the presidency of the United States.By Truman Smith The 1848 Whig National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Whig Party. The convention was held in Philadelphia. War hero Zachary Taylor, a major general from Louisiana with no political background, was nominated as the party's candidate for president. Former New York Representative Millard Fillmore was nominated for vice president. They won the 1848 presidential election, defeating the Democratic candidates Lewis Cass and William O. Butler. SMITH, Truman, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Roxbury, Conn., November 27, 1791; completed preparatory studies; graduated from Yale College in 1815; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Litchfield, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1831-1832, 1834; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); declined renomination in 1842; presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1844; elected to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); declined the appointment of Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Zachary Taylor; elected to the United States Senate as a Whig and served from March 4, 1849, until his resignation May 24, 1854; resumed the practice of his profession in New York City in 1854, with residence in Stamford, Conn.; appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as judge of the court of arbitration, under the treaty of 1862 with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade 1862-1870; retired from active business life in 1872; died in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn., May 3, 1884; interment in Woodland Cemetery. Please see photos for condition details. Given the age, the condition seems quite good, but I am not an expert. L721

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