Samuel B. Romaine

Samuel B. Romaine was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Colonel Benjamin Romaine (1764–1844, several times Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society).

Samuel Romaine was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816–17 and from 1819 to 1822, and was Speaker in 1822.

His son Benjamin Romaine, Jr. was a well-known Whig politician in the 1850s in New York's 15th Ward.

Sources

  • NYT on May 15, 1866
  • Speaker election result
Political offices
Preceded by
Peter Sharpe
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1822
Succeeded by
Peter R. Livingston
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