Samuel Lahm

Samuel Lahm (born April 22, 1812 in Leitersburg , Washington County , Maryland , † June 16, 1876 in Canton , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Lahm attended preparatory schools and Washington College , now Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania . In the meantime he worked as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1836, he began to practice this profession in Canton. Between 1837 and 1841 he held the office of Master of Chancery and from 1841 to 1845 he was a district attorney in Stark County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1842 he was a member of the Ohio Senate ; in May 1844 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , on which James K. Polk was nominated as a presidential candidate. Lahm was also a member of the state militia, in which he rose to brigadier general. In 1844 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1846 Lahm was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 18th  electoral district of Ohio , where he succeeded David A. Starkweather on March 4, 1847 . Until March 3, 1849, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was initially overshadowed by the events of the Mexican-American War . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Lahm worked in agriculture, especially in the field of sheep breeding. He died on June 16, 1876 in Canton, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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