Samuel Smith Harrison
Samuel S. Harrison | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | |
Preceded by | District created |
Succeeded by | William Beatty |
Personal details | |
Born | 1780 Virginia |
Died | April 1853 Kittanning, Pennsylvania | (aged 72–73)
Political party | Jacksonian |
Samuel Smith Harrison (1780 – April 1853) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
[edit]Samuel Smith Harrison was born in Virginia in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He resumed the practice of law and died in Kittanning in 1853. Interment in Old Kittanning Cemetery.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Samuel Smith Harrison (id: H000276)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard