Samuel Smith Harrison

Samuel Smith Harrison (1780  April 1853) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel S. Harrison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1833  March 3, 1837
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byWilliam Beatty
Personal details
Born1780 (1780)
Virginia
DiedApril 1853(1853-04-00) (aged 72–73)
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Political partyJacksonian

Biography

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

  • United States Congress. "Samuel Smith Harrison (id: H000276)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
District Created
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1833–1837
Succeeded by
William Beatty


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