Samuel Brenton

Samuel Brenton (born November 22, 1810 in Gallatin County , Kentucky , †  March 29, 1857 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1857 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Samuel Brenton attended public schools in his home country. In 1830 he was ordained a clergyman in the Methodist Church. He then worked in this profession. Even then he was suffering from health problems. Since 1834 he lived in Danville, Indiana, where he studied law. Politically, Brenton was a member of the Whig Party at the time . Between 1838 and 1841 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . Then he was active again as a clergyman in various cities of Indiana until 1848. After a stroke, he had to give up this job. From 1849 to 1851 he worked for the Fort Wayne Land Registry.

In the 1850 congressional election , Brenton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Andrew J. Harlan on March 4, 1851 . Since he was not confirmed in 1852, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . Two years later he was re-elected to Congress as a candidate for the opposition party . There he replaced Ebenezer M. Chamberlain on March 4, 1855 , who had been his successor two years earlier. In 1856 Brenton was re-elected as the Republican Party candidate . This allowed him to exercise his mandate until his death on March 29, 1857. These years were marked by the events leading up to the civil war .

Web links

• Samuel Brenton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Brenton in the database of Find a Grave (English)