- Samuel Stokely
Samuel Stokely (
January 25 ,1796 -May 23 ,1861 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in
Washington, Pennsylvania , Stokely attended private schools.He was graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College),Washington, Pennsylvania , in 1813.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inSteubenville, Ohio , in 1817. United States land receiver in 1827 and 1828.He served as member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838.Stokely was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (
March 4 ,1841 -March 3 ,1843 ).He resumed the practice of law in Steubenville, Ohio, where he diedMay 23 ,1861 .He was interred in Union Cemetery.ource
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