Samuel Pasco

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Samuel Pasco

Samuel Pasco (born June 28, 1834 in London , England , † March 13, 1917 in Tampa , Florida , USA ) was an American politician . From 1887 to 1899 he represented the State of Florida in the Senate of the United States of America.

biography

Early life

Samuel Pasco grew up in England and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1846. The Pascos settled in Charlestown ( Massachusetts ) down where Pasco graduated from the school, and in 1858 with a degree in Education at the Harvard University made. In 1859, Pasco settled in Florida and was director of the Waukeenah Academy in Monticello from 1860 to 1861 .

During the Civil War , Pasco was a soldier in the Confederate Army , and gained the rank of private . In Mississippi Ridge Pasco was taken prisoner of war , from which he was released in March 1865, with the rank of sergeant . Back in Florida, he resumed his duties as Rector of the Waukeenah Academy.

Political career

In 1866, Pasco accepted a clerk in the Jefferson County District Court while studying law . After graduating in 1868, he opened a law firm in Monticello. In 1880, Pasco was named by the Democratic Party as one of the electors to elect the US president. In 1884, Pasco was proposed for governor of Florida but turned down an official candidacy.

After Pasco was elected to the State Senate of Florida from 1886 to 1887, Pascos was elected US Senator in 1887 . The office, which he assumed on May 19, 1887, he held until April 18, 1899. After leaving the Senate, Pasco was appointed a member of the so-called Isthmian Canal Commission on June 9, 1899 , which advised on the construction of the Panama Canal . Pasco kept the function until 1905.

family

On October 28, 1869, Pasco married Jessie Denham, with whom he had two children. His son, William Denham Pasco, was killed in the Spanish-American War on October 29, 1900 . He also had a daughter.

death

Samuel Pasco died in 1917, at the age of 82. In his honor one of the counties of Florida Pasco County was named.

Web links

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