County, Virginia, is named after him. Electoral history 1817; Smyth was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 66.99% of the vote, defeating Federalist Benjamin Estill. 1819; Smyth was re-elected unopposed. 1821; Smyth was re-elected unopposed. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) References Notes Bibliography External links 1765 births 1830 deaths American people of Scotch-Irish descent Inspectors General of the United States Army Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Members of the Virginia House of Delegates United States Army generals Virginia state senators United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Burials at the Congressional Cemetery Virginia lawyers Politicians from Abingdon, Virginia Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians American duellists People from Botetourt County, Virginia 18th-century American lawyers