Samuel C. Sample

Samuel Caldwell Sample (born August 15, 1796 in Elkton , Cecil County , Maryland , †  December 2, 1855 in South Bend , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Sample attended the public schools in his home country and then learned the carpentry trade. Around 1823 he came to Connersville , Indiana with his father . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1833, he began to work in this profession in South Bend. In 1834 he became a public prosecutor in his new home. Between 1836 and 1843 Sample was a judge in the Indiana Ninth Judicial District. He also worked in the banking industry. In this industry he became the first president of the First National Bank of South Bend .

Politically, Sample became a member of the Whig Party in the mid-1830s . In the congressional elections of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly created ninth constituency of Indiana , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. Since he was defeated by the Democrat Charles W. Cathcart in 1844 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1845 . This was determined by the discussions about a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which had been independent of Mexico since 1836 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Samuel Sample practiced again as a lawyer in South Bend. He died there on December 2, 1855.

Web links

• Samuel C. Sample in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel C. Sample in the database of Find a Grave (English)