- Samuel Dibble
Samuel Dibble (
September 16 ,1837 -September 16 ,1913 ) was a U.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina .Born in
Charleston, South Carolina , Dibble pursued an academic course inBethel, Connecticut , and Charleston, South Carolina.He attended theCollege of Charleston for two years, and was graduated from Wofford College,Spartanburg, South Carolina , in 1856.He engaged in teaching 1856-1858.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice inOrangeburg, South Carolina .He served in theConfederate States Army throughout the Civil War.He resumed the practice of law inOrangeburg, South Carolina . Also edited the Orangeburg News.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1877 and 1878. Trustee of theUniversity of South Carolina at Columbia in 1878.He served as member of the Board of School Commissioners of Orangeburg County.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880. Presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill a vacancy thought to exist by reason of the death (pending a contest) ofMichael P. O'Connor , and served fromJune 9 ,1881 , toMay 31 ,1882 , when the seat was awarded toEdmund W.M. Mackey under the original election.Dibble was elected to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1883 -March 3 ,1891 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses).He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1890.He engaged in banking and other business interests inOrangeburg, South Carolina .He died nearBaltimore, Maryland ,September 16 ,1913 .He was interred in Sunny Side Cemetery,Orangeburg, South Carolina .ource
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