Samuel Williams Inge

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Samuel Williams Inge (born February 22, 1817 in Warren County , North Carolina , †  June 10, 1868 in San Francisco , California ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was the nephew of William Marshall Inge , a congressman from Tennessee .

Career

Samuel Inge moved to Greene County , Alabama, where he attended public schools. He studied law , was admitted to the bar, and then started practicing in Livingston . Inge served in the Alabama House of Representatives in 1844 and 1845 . He was elected to the 30th US Congress and re - elected to the subsequent 31st US Congress . Inge served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. During this time he chaired the Committee on District of Columbia (31st US Congress). He also took part in a duel with Edward Stanly , an MP from North Carolina, in Bladensburg near Washington, DC , where no one was seriously injured.

After his term in office he resumed his practice as a lawyer. Inge was appointed federal attorney for the Northern District of California on April 1, 1853 by US President Franklin Pierce . He died in San Francisco in 1868 and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery .

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SURNAME Inge, Samuel Williams
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Warren County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1868
Place of death San Francisco , California