Samuel Augustus Bridges | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | William Mutchler |
| Succeeded by | Reuben Knecht Bachman |
| Constituency | 10th district |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | John Alexander Morrison |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Carey Bradshaw |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| In office March 6, 1848 – March 3, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | John Westbrook Hornbeck |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Ross |
| Constituency | 6th district |
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| Born | (1802-01-27)January 27, 1802 Colchester, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | January 14, 1884(1884-01-14) (aged 81) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Samuel Augustus Bridges (January 27, 1802 – January 14, 1884) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Samuel A. Bridges was born inColchester, Connecticut. He pursued an academic course, and was graduated fromWilliams College inWilliamstown, Massachusetts, in 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice inDoylestown, Pennsylvania. He moved toAllentown, 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 forLehigh County, Pennsylvania, from 1837 to 1844. He was a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1841.
Bridges was elected as a Democrat to theThirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofJohn W. Hornbeck. He was not a candidate for renomination in1848. He was again elected to theThirty-third Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1854. He resumed the practice of law, and was again elected to theForty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1878. He continued the practice of law in Allentown where he died in 1884. Interment in Union Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 6th congressional district 1848–1849 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 7th congressional district 1853–1855 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1877–1879 | Succeeded by |
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