Samuel Fenton Cary

Samuel Fenton Cary (born February 18, 1814 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † September 29, 1900 in College Hill, near Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American lawyer , farmer and politician ( Republican Party and Greenback Party ).

Career

Samuel Fenton Cary attended public schools. He graduated from Miami University in Oxford , Ohio in 1835 and from Cincinnati Law School in 1837 . He began practicing in Cincinnati after he was admitted to the bar that same year. Cary was elected a judge on the Ohio State Supreme Court , but decided to waive the position. He continued his practice as a lawyer until 1845. At that time he became a farmer and an opponent of slavery .

Cary became Ohio Paymaster General in 1844 , a position he held until his resignation in 1848. During this time he became increasingly a supporter of the abstinence movement . In this context, he also gave up his career as a lawyer in order to have more time for his lectures and writing books on slavery and prohibition . In the following period he traveled to Canada and Europe .

After the outbreak of the civil war , he served as a draft officer in the Union Army in Cincinnati. Cary attended the Republican National Convention in 1864 as a delegate . He became a tax collector in the first 1865 election district appointed by Ohio. He was then elected to the 40th Congress of the United States as an independent Republican for Ohio's second constituency in 1867 . Cary was there to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Congressman Rutherford B. Hayes . His tenure began on November 21, 1867. Two weeks later, he was the only Republican to vote against impeachment proceedings for President Andrew Johnson . He also chaired the Committee on Education and Labor and was a member of the Committee on Weights and Measures . In his candidacy for re-election in the 41st US Congress , he suffered a defeat in 1868. As a result, his tenure ended on March 3, 1869 in the US House of Representatives . He then ran in 1875 unsuccessfully against Thomas L. Young for the post of lieutenant governor of Ohio. Cary then joined the Greenback Party. The following year he ran unsuccessfully for the position of US Vice President . His running mate at the time was Peter Cooper . After that defeat, Cary retired from the political scene and spent the next twenty years writing and lecturing.

Samuel Fenton Cary died on September 29, 1900 near Cincinnati and was then buried in Spring Grove Cemetery .

family

Cary was married twice, from 1836 to Maria Louia Allen and after her death from 1849 to Linda Stillwell. The two marriages resulted in six children. His brother was Freeman G. Cary, the founder of Farmers' College at College Hill. Furthermore, his cousins, Alice and Phoebe Cary, were nationally recognized poets.

Honors

The city of Cary , North Carolina, was named in his honor.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Cary, Samuel Fenton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer, farmer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cincinnati , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	29th September 1900
Place of death	College Hill, near Cincinnati, Ohio