Bridges was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W. Hornbeck. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848. He was again elected to the Thirty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He resumed the practice of law, and was again elected to the Forty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He continued the practice of law in Allentown where he died in 1884. Interment in Union Cemetery.
samuel, bridges, samuel, augustus, bridges, january, 1802, january, 1884, democratic, member, house, representatives, from, pennsylvania, samuel, augustus, bridgesmember, house, representatives, from, pennsylvaniain, office, march, 1877, march, 1879preceded, b. Samuel Augustus Bridges January 27 1802 January 14 1884 was a Democratic member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Samuel Augustus BridgesMember of the U S House of Representatives from PennsylvaniaIn office March 4 1877 March 3 1879Preceded byWilliam MutchlerSucceeded byReuben Knecht BachmanConstituency10th districtIn office March 4 1853 March 3 1855Preceded byJohn Alexander MorrisonSucceeded bySamuel Carey BradshawConstituency7th districtIn office March 6 1848 March 3 1849Preceded byJohn Westbrook HornbeckSucceeded byThomas RossConstituency6th districtPersonal detailsBorn 1802 01 27 January 27 1802Colchester Connecticut U S DiedJanuary 14 1884 1884 01 14 aged 81 Political partyDemocraticSamuel A Bridges was born in Colchester Connecticut He pursued an academic course and was graduated from Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts in 1826 He studied law was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Doylestown Pennsylvania He moved to Allentown Pennsylvania in 1830 where he continued the practice of law He served as town clerk from 1837 to 1842 and deputy attorney general of the State for Lehigh County Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1844 He was a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1841 Bridges was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John W Hornbeck He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848 He was again elected to the Thirty third Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 He resumed the practice of law and was again elected to the Forty fifth Congress He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 He continued the practice of law in Allentown where he died in 1884 Interment in Union Cemetery Sources editUnited States Congress Samuel A Bridges id B000824 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The Political GraveyardU S House of RepresentativesPreceded byJohn W Hornbeck Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 6th congressional district1848 1849 Succeeded byThomas RossPreceded byJohn A Morrison Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 7th congressional district1853 1855 Succeeded bySamuel C BradshawPreceded byWilliam Mutchler Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 10th congressional district1877 1879 Succeeded byReuben K Bachman nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel A Bridges amp oldid 1191203545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
