Samuel Sitgreaves

Samuel Sitgreaves (born March 16, 1764 in Philadelphia , Province of Pennsylvania , † April 4, 1827 in Easton , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1798 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Sitgreaves enjoyed a good education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1783, he began to work in Philadelphia in this profession. In 1790 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state of Pennsylvania. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1794 Sitgreaves was elected in the newly established fourth constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives, which was still in Philadelphia at the time, where he took office on March 4, 1795. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation in 1798 . He was one of the MPs charged with conducting impeachment proceedings against US Senator William Blount .

In 1798, Samuel Sitgreaves became the American agent for negotiations in Great Britain . It was about mutual financial claims that arose from the American Revolution. Between 1816 and 1819 he was a chamberlain in Northampton County . Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. He was also President of Easton Bank from 1815 until his death . He died in Easton on April 4, 1827.

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predecessor	Office	successor
New constituency established	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (4th constituency) with John Richards March 4, 1795 - 1798	John Chapman

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SURNAME	Sitgreaves, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	April 4, 1827
Place of death	Easton , Pennsylvania