Zabdiel Sampson

Zabdiel Sampson (born August 22, 1781 in Plympton , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  July 19, 1828 in Plymouth , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1820 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Zabdiel Sampson received a classical school education and studied until 1803 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1806, he began to work in Plymouth in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1816 , Sampson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded William Baylies on March 4, 1817 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on July 26, 1820 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Zabdiel Sampson was Head of Customs in Plymouth until his death. He died there on July 19, 1828.

Web links

• Zabdiel Sampson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Zabdiel Sampson in the database of Find a Grave (English)