- Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (
June 28 ,1834 -March 13 ,1917 ) was a United States Senator fromFlorida .Born in
London, England , he moved to theUnited States with his family as a child and settled inCharlestown, Massachusetts . Pasco attendedHarvard University and then moved to Florida in 1859. He served as principal of the Waukeenah Academy, a school inMonticello, Florida , from 1860 to 1861.When the
American Civil War began, though he had only lived in the South for two years, Pasco joined the army of theConfederate States of America . He fought as a member of the Florida Third Volunteers. He was captured inMississippi and imprisoned by the United States for the rest of the war. He was released in March 1865 and immediately returned to Florida to resume his post as principal of the Waukeenah Academy. He resigned from that position in 1866 but remained in Florida, serving as clerk of Jefferson County from 1866 to 1868. He eventually became a prominent lawyer in the area.In 1885, he was the President of a convention which made a new constitution for Florida. He was a member of the
Florida State Assembly from 1886 to 1887 and briefly served as speaker in 1887.In 1887, Pasco was elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida, as a member of the United States Democratic Party. He served in the Senate for two terms, until 1899, when he was defeated for reelection. He then became a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, which decided that a canal should be built through the isthmus of
Panama . He remained on this commission until 1905, when work on the canal began.Pasco then retired from public life and moved back to Monticello. He died in
Tampa, Florida and was buried in the Roseland cemetery in Monticello.Pasco County, Florida is named for him.ee also
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List of United States Senators from Florida
*U.S. Congressional Delegations from Florida References
*CongBio|P000095 Retrieved on
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