Harvey Samuel Irwin

Harvey Samuel Irwin (December 10, 1844 – September 3, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Harvey Samuel Irwin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Oscar Turner
Succeeded by	J. Swagar Sherley
Personal details
Born	(1844-12-10)December 10, 1844 Highland County, Ohio
Died	September 3, 1916(1916-09-03) (aged 71) Vienna, Virginia
Resting place	Cave Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer
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Military service
Allegiance	Union
Branch/service	Union Army
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Born in Highland County, Ohio, Irwin attended the public schools. He was graduated from the high school of Greenfield, Ohio. He studied law, but abandoned the same to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. Assisted in raising a regiment of Artillery and was commissioned a lieutenant. Transferred to a special corps in the Regular Army, in which he served until the close of the war. He settled in Louisville, Kentucky. He resumed the study of law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was appointed successively assistant internal revenue assessor, deputy clerk of the United States district court, and chief deputy collector of the fifth internal revenue district of Kentucky. Railroad commissioner in 1895.

Irwin was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.. He was licensed as an evangelist in Washington, D.C., in 1913. Had a charge in Idylwood and Vienna, Virginia. He died in Vienna, Virginia, September 3, 1916. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.