Gerrit Smith
American abolitionist and politician (1797-1874) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 77
Gerrit Smith, also spelled Gerritt Smith, was an American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, public intellectual, and philanthropist. Married to Ann Carroll Fitzhugh, Smith was a candidate for President of the United States in 1848, 1856, and 1860.
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Clasped Hands of Gerrit and Ann Smith, by Edmonia Lewis, 1872
Gerrit Smith house, Peterboro, New York, from an 1878 book. The house was destroyed by fire in 1936.
Smith made women's suffrage a plank in the Liberty Party platform on June 14-15, 1848.
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He served a single term in the House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854.
