When Alexander Smoot was born in 1792, in Dorchester, Charles, Maryland, United States, his father, Henry Smoot, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Warren, was 31. He married Mary Smith on 27 February 1822, in Dorchester, Maryland, United States. He died in 1857, in Dorchester, Maryland, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Dorchester, Maryland, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Americanized form of Dutch Smout, a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, Dutch smout, or a nickname for someone who had a taste for, and could afford, rich foods.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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