Samuel Arnold (politician)

Samuel Arnold (1859)

Samuel Arnold (born June 1, 1806 in Haddam , Middlesex County , Connecticut , †  May 5, 1869 there ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the second constituency of the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Arnold attended Plainfield Elementary School and the Westfield Academy in Massachusetts . Most of his life he was engaged in agriculture. He also acquired a majority stake in a quarry and became the owner of a shipping line between New York and Philadelphia . For several years he was also President of the Bank of East Haddam .

Politically, Arnold was a member of the Democratic Party . He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1839, 1842, 1844, and 1851 . In the congressional elections of 1856 he succeeded in the second district of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC There he succeeded John Woodruff on March 4, 1857 , whom he had defeated in the election. However, since he renounced a new candidacy in 1858, Arnold could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1859 , which was determined by the events leading up to the civil war .

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, Samuel Arnold returned to agriculture and his interests in the quarry business. He died on May 5, 1869 in Haddam, his birthplace.

Web links

• Samuel Arnold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Samuel Arnold in the database of Find a Grave (English)