Samuel F. Gove

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Samuel F. Gove

Samuel Francis Gove (born March 9, 1822 in Weymouth , Norfolk County , Massachusetts , †  December 3, 1900 in St. Augustine , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1869 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Gove attended his homeland public schools and moved with his parents to Georgia in 1835, where the family settled in Twiggs County . There Gove worked in trade and agriculture. He was also a missionary. Politically, he only appeared as a member of the Republican Party after the Civil War .

After the re-admission of the State of Georgia to the Union, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Georgia , where he took up his new mandate on June 25, 1868. He was confirmed in the regular congressional elections of 1868 . However, since his seat was denied to him, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1869 .

In 1877, Samuel Gove was ordained as a clergyman in the Baptist Church. Between 1879 and his death on December 3, 1900, he was a traveling missionary for his church.

Web links

  • Samuel F. Gove in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Gove, Samuel F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gove, Samuel Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Weymouth , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1900
Place of death St. Augustine , Florida