Samuel Myron Brainerd

Samuel Myron Brainerd (November 13, 1842 – November 21, 1898) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel Myron Brainerd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded byLewis F. Watson
Succeeded byWilliam L. Scott
Personal details
Born(1842-11-13)November 13, 1842
Albion, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 21, 1898(1898-11-21) (aged 56)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan Law School

Samuel M. Brainerd was born in Albion, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, Edinboro Normal School, and University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in North East, Pennsylvania. He served as district attorney of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1872 to 1875. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and continued the practice of law. He was chairman of the Republican county committee in 1880.

Brainerd was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law in Erie and died there in 1898. Interment in Erie Cemetery.[1]

Sources
  • United States Congress. "Samuel Myron Brainerd (id: B000761)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Lewis F. Watson		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district
1883-1885		 Succeeded by
William L. Scott

References
  1. The Political Graveyard


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