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Lydia Hamilton Smith (c. 1814 – February 14, 1884) was the long-time housekeeper of Thaddeus Stevens and a prominent businesswoman after his death.
Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against black ...
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Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813–1884) was a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper, life companion, and collaborator of the state’s abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens.
Apr 2, 2014 · Early Life. Thaddeus Stevens was born in Danville, Vermont, on April 4, 1792. He was the second son born to Sarah and Joshua Stevens, who disappeared when his son was a young boy, leaving his...
Kelley currently serves on the Scholarly Advisory Committee for the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy, a museum under development by LancasterHistory. He resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Marty. EVENT DETAILS & HOW TO REGISTER.
May 2, 2017 · Beginning in 1845, he embarked on a 23-year-long intimate relationship with an African-American woman, Lydia Hamilton Smith. A light-skinned Roman Catholic convert, Mrs. Smith masqueraded as Stevens’ housekeeper. But she fooled few people and was ultimately regarded as his common-law wife—though never accepted, of course, in Washington society.
Mar 30, 2023 · Mark Kelley believes Lydia Hamilton Smith deserves to be much better known than she is. As a woman with Black ancestry in the mid-18th century United States, Smith overcame daunting odds throughout her life, Kelley said. And her close connection with abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens influenced the course of history.
