Samuel A. Bridges

Samuel Augustus Bridges
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byWilliam Mutchler
Succeeded byReuben Knecht Bachman
Constituency10th district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byJohn Alexander Morrison
Succeeded bySamuel Carey Bradshaw
Constituency7th district
In office
March 6, 1848 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byJohn Westbrook Hornbeck
Succeeded byThomas Ross
Constituency6th district
Personal details
Born(1802-01-27)January 27, 1802
Colchester, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJanuary 14, 1884(1884-01-14) (aged 81)
Political partyDemocratic

Samuel Augustus Bridges (January 27, 1802 – January 14, 1884) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel A. Bridges was born in Colchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1830, where he continued the practice of law. He served as town clerk from 1837 to 1842, and deputy attorney general of the State for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1837 to 1844. He was a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1841.

Bridges was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Hornbeck. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. He was again elected to the Thirty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He resumed the practice of law, and was again elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He continued the practice of law in Allentown where he died in 1884. Interment in Union Cemetery.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Samuel A. Bridges (id: B000824)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1848–1849
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

1853–1855
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

1877–1879
Succeeded by