Caleb Blood Smith

6th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office
March 5, 1861 – December 31, 1862
Preceded by	Jacob Thompson
Succeeded by	John Palmer Usher
Born	April 16, 1808 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died	January 7, 1864 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Political party	Whig, Republican
Spouse	Elizabeth B. Watton Smith
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Journalist

Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician, serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Image File history File links Caleb_Blood_Smith. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810–March 24, 1885) was a U.S. politician. ... John Palmer Usher (1816 - 1889) was a U.S. administrator. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area    - City 953. ... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ... // The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... A cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he emigrated with his parents to Ohio in 1814, was educated at Cincinnati College and Miami University, studied law in Cincinnati and in Connersville, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1828. He began practice at the latter place, established and edited the Sentinel in 1832, served several terms in the Indiana legislature, and was in the United States Congress in 1843–49, having been elected as a Whig. During his congressional career, he was one of the Mexican claims commissioners. He returned to the practice of law in 1850, residing in Cincinnati and subsequently in Indianapolis. He was influential in securing the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency at the Chicago Republican National Convention in 1860. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... The University of Cincinnati is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Miami University, founded in 1809, is the second-oldest public university west of the Allegheny Mountains and seventh-oldest public university in the United States. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... Connersville is a city located in Fayette County, Indiana. ... Seal of the U.S. Congress. ... The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area    - City 953. ... The Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the United States Republican Party, is held every four years to determine the partys candidate for the coming Presidential election and the partys platform. ...

Lincoln appointed Smith as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior in 1861 as a reward for his work in the presidential campaign. He was the first citizen of Indiana to hold a Presidential Cabinet position. However, Smith had little interest in the job and, with declining health, delegated most of his responsibilities to Assistant Secretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher. After Smith resigned in December 1862, Usher became Secretary. Smith went home to become the United States circuit judge for Indiana. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... John Palmer Usher (1816 - 1889) was a U.S. administrator. ...

Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft on July 22, 1862. L-R: Edwin M. Stanton, Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Caleb Smith, William H. Seward, Montgomery Blair and Edward Bates.

[Dubious addition:] It has been said that Caleb B. Smith's body is buried in a Connersville, Indiana cemetery. In 1977 John Walker, a Connersville, Indiana resident recieved permsion from the Smith family, Norvella Thomas Copes, and Nancy S. Hurley, and the city of Connersville, Indiana, to excavate the body of Caleb Blood Smith. Walker had an interest in President Lincoln, and discovered in reading about Lincoln that one of his cabinet members was buried in the city he lived in. An excavation was done in November, but Smith's body was not there. It was Smith's brother-in-law William Watton Smith. Caleb's wife had paid $500 for the choice of plots, in Greenlawn Cemetery, but had to remove the body to Crown Hill cemetery in Indianapolis for fear of southern dissenters (Sons of Liberty) desecrating his body, and of local teens knocking over the markers. There was also a possibility that his body was in one of the two above ground vaults behind the Warren Lodge, also known as Elmhurst, but both doors were standing open and had been for years, with nothing inside (also in Connersville, Indiana). A letter inquiring about the whereabouts of Smith's body found in the 1980s came from a N.Y public library in the 1930s. Cynthia Long-Clarke, John Walker's granddaugter, was present at the exhumation. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive decree by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln during that countrys Civil War, which declared the freedom of all slaves in those areas of the rebellious Confederate States of America that had not already returned to Union control. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. ... Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as Senator from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln, and Chief Justice of the United States. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802–February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War: his dedication to naval blockades was one of the key reasons for the Norths victory over the South. ... William Henry Seward, Sr. ... Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813–July 27, 1883), son of Francis Preston Blair and elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. ... Note: This article is about the American lawyer. ...

External links

• Congressional Biography
• Mr. Lincoln's White House: Caleb Blood Smith
• The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History (1989)

United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing • McKennan • Stuart • McClelland • Thompson • C Smith • Usher • Harlan • Browning • Cox • Delano • Chandler • Schurz • Kirkwood • Teller • Lamar • Vilas • Noble • M Smith • Francis • Bliss • Hitchcock • Garfield • Ballinger • Fisher • Lane • Payne • Fall • Work • West • Wilbur • Ickes • Krug • Chapman • McKay • Seaton • Udall • Hickel • Morton • Hathaway • Kleppe • Andrus • Watt • Clark • Hodel • Lujan • Babbitt • Norton • Kempthorne

United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing • McKennan • Stuart • McClelland • Thompson • C Smith • Usher • Harlan • Browning • Cox • Delano • Chandler • Schurz • Kirkwood • Teller • Lamar • Vilas • Noble • M Smith • Francis • Bliss • Hitchcock • Garfield • Ballinger • Fisher • Lane • Payne • Fall • Work • West • Wilbur • Ickes • Krug • Chapman • McKay • Seaton • Udall • Hickel • Morton • Hathaway • Kleppe • Andrus • Watt • Clark • Hodel • Lujan • Babbitt • Norton • Kempthorne

Caleb Blood Smith owned a mansion in Connersville, Indiana today it's called Warren Lodge, or Historic Elmhurst and today is being used as a Masonic Home. It's on the National Register of Historic homes. On the back of the post card of this mansion it reads: Elmhurst, one of the most historical and beautiful sights in Fayette, County, Connersville, Indiana situatied on the west side of the White water valley along the banks of what was the old white water canal was sarted in 1831 by the Honorable Oliver H. Smith, member of Congress. It was then owned by Honorable Caleb B. Smith member of congress and later Secretary of the Interior under President Lincoln also a Grand Master of Masons of Indiana . In 1841. It was purchased by Honorable Samuel W. Parker, member of Congress, 1851-1855, Parker beautified the grounds and planted many of the present trees. He also paneled the rooms in cherry and oak at a cost of $44,000.00 at that time in 1881 James N. Huston obtained the property through foreclosure. He entertained President Benjamin Harrison and his first wife Caroline Scott Harrison. during Hustons ownership the building was extensively remodeled and is now known as the Little White House of Indiana . In 1909 Elmhurst school of girls was establised. Purchased by Warren Lodge # 15 in October 1939. Elmhurst was dedicated by grand Lodge officers on the 22 of February 1941. What the post card DOES NOT tell us is that at one time there was a pond in front of the house which in later years was filled in, and today it's all lawn . I have seen a painted portrait of the home with the pond in front of it. Today there is not even a sign that there was one. It's original structure was erected in 1831. the farm formed an important link to the Underground railway. Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810–March 24, 1885) was a U.S. politician. ... 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