Delazon Smith
American politician
Died when: 44 years 45 days (529 months)Star Sign: Libra
Delazon Smith (October 5, 1816 – November 19, 1860) was a Democratic Party politician who briefly represented the state of Oregon in the U.S.
Senate in 1859.He served for less than one month (February 14 to March 3), making his term among the shortest on record in the Senate.
Smith was also a newspaper editor in New York and Ohio, and served in the Oregon Territory's legislature.According to the obituary in the Chicago Tribune, "The adventurous character of Mr.
Smith, and the noted eccentricity of his career, had given him a notoriety greater than is usual to men of a similar grade of ability and attainment."
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