Samuel R. Peters

Samuel R. Peters

Samuel Ritter Peters (born August 16, 1842 in Circleville , Ohio , † April 21, 1910 in Newton , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1891 he represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Peters attended the public schools of his home country and then the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware (Ohio). During the Civil War , between 1861 and 1865, he rose in the Union Army from simple soldier to captain . After the war, Peters studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After his made in 1867 admitted to the bar he began in Memphis ( Missouri to practice in his new job). Peters also worked as a journalist there. Between 1868 and 1873 he published the newspaper "Memphis Reveille". Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In June 1872 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for a second term. In 1873, Peters was the mayor of Memphis.

Later in 1873 Peters moved to Marion , Kansas, where he also worked as a lawyer and continued his political career. Between 1874 and 1875 he was a member of the Kansas Senate ; from 1875 to 1883 he was a judge in the state's ninth judicial district. Peters lived in Newton from 1876. In 1882 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the newly created seventh seat of parliament from Kansas state-wide ( at large ) . After three re-elections, he was able to exercise this mandate between March 4, 1883 and March 3, 1891. In 1890 he declined to run again.

After his tenure in Congress was over , Peters returned to practice as an attorney in Newton. Between 1895 and 1899 he was a member of the board of managers of the state educational institution. From 1898 to 1910 he worked as a postman in Newton. In 1899 he also published the Newton Daily Kansas-Republican. Samuel Peters died in Newton in April 1910 and was buried there.

Web links

• Samuel R. Peters in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel R. Peters in the database of Find a Grave (English)