What is Robert Smalls?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Robert Smalls | image name=Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg | birth_date={{birth date|1839|4|5}} | birth_place=[[Beaufort, South Carolina]] | death_date={{death date and age|1915|2|23|1839|4|5}} | death_place=Beaufort, South Carolina |state1 = [[South Carolina]] |district1 = [[South Carolina's 7th congressional district|7th]] |term_start1 = March 18, 1884 |term_end1 = March 3, 1887 |predecessor1 = [[Edmund W. M. Mackey]] |successor1 = [[William Elliott (South Carolina)|William Elliott]] | state2= South Carolina | district2=[[South Carolina's 5th congressional district|5th]] |term_start2 = July 19, 1882 |term_end2 = March 3, 1883 |predecessor2 = [[George D. Tillman]] |successor2 = [[John J. Hemphill]] | term_start3 = March 4, 1875 |term_end3 = March 3, 1879 |predecessor3 = ''District re-established'' <br/>[[John D. Ashmore]] before district eliminated after 1860 |successor3 = George D. Tillman |office4 = Member of the [[South Carolina Senate]]<br/>from [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]] |term_start4 = November 22, 1870 |term_end4 = March 4, 1875 |predecessor4 = [[Jonathan Jasper Wright]] |successor4 = Samuel Greene |office5 = Member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] from [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]] |term_start5 = November 24, 1868 |term_end5 = November 22, 1870 |predecessor5 = |successor5 = | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse= {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Hannah Jones|December 24, 1856|July 28, 1883|end=d}} * {{marriage|Annie Wigg|April 9, 1890|November 5, 1895|end=d}} }} |children = 4 |allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]] |branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}<br>{{Army|United States}} |serviceyears = 1862–1868 |rank = None (civilian [[Maritime pilot|pilot]] and armed transport [[Sea captain|captain]]) <!-- |religion = [[Baptist]] --><!-- 'religion' is a deprecated parameter --> |battles = [[Union blockade#South Atlantic Blockading Squadron|Blockad