Samuel B. Pettengill

Samuel Barrett Pettengill (born January 19, 1886 in Portland , Oregon , † March 20, 1974 in Springfield , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1939 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Pettengill was a nephew of Congress delegate William H. Clagett (1838-1901) from Montana . In his youth, he moved with his father near Grafton, Vermont, where he attended public schools. He then studied until 1904 at the Vermont Academy and then until 1908 at Middlebury College . After a subsequent law degree at Yale University and his admission to the bar in 1911, he began to work in South Bend (Indiana) in this profession. From 1926 to 1928 he was a member of the school board.

Politically, Pettengill was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1930 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Eugene B. Crowe on March 4, 1931 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . It was during this time that most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed. In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. In 1938 Pettengill decided not to run again.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. Between 1939 and 1948 he also wrote newspaper articles. From 1943 to 1945, Pettengill served as vice president and advisor to the Transportation Association of America . He then worked as a radio commentator until 1948. From 1949 to 1956 he was the legal representative of the Pure Oil Co. in Chicago . He was then an advisor to the Coe Foundation until 1965 . Then Samuel Pettengill retired in his old home in Vermont near Grafton. He died in Springfield on March 20, 1974 and was buried in Grafton.

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personal data
SURNAME	Pettengill, Samuel B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pettengill, Samuel Barrett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portland , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH	March 20, 1974
Place of death	Springfield , Vermont