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Samuel Harrison Smith (27 Jan 1772 – 1 Nov 1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He founded the National Intelligencer at Washington in 1800. Joseph Gales became his assistant in 1807 and sole proprietor in 1810. In 1813 Smith was appointed the Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison and on September 30 1814 Secretary of the Treasury ad interim.