Samuel Dibble | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | John S. Richardson |
| Succeeded by | William H. Brawley |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's2nd district | |
| In office June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882 | |
| Preceded by | Michael P. O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Edmund W.M. Mackey |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives fromOrangeburg County | |
| In office June 1, 1877 – March 22, 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Augustus Straker |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1837 |
| Died | September 16, 1913(1913-09-16) (aged 76) |
| Resting place | Orangeburg, South Carolina |
| Party | Democratic |
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| Children | Frances Agnes Dibble (b. 1866) Samuel Dibble II (b. 1868) Louis Virgil Dibble (b. 1873) Mary Henley Dibble (b. 1874) |
| Alma mater | Wofford College |
| Profession | lawyer,politician |
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Samuel Dibble (September 16, 1837 – September 16, 1913) was a lawyer, educator andConfederateCivil War veteran who served several terms asU.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina during the 1880s.
Samuel Dibble was born inCharleston, South Carolina, the oldest son of Philander Virgil (1808-1883) and Frances Ann (Evans) Dibble (1815-1891). Philander and his brother Andrew Dibble (1800-1846) moved fromBethel, Connecticut, to Charleston engaging in business together ashatters. Ann Evans was a descendant of the Gabeau family ofFrench Huguenots and the Henley family of England. Dibble is a direct descendant of Thomas Dibble who came from England toDorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630 as part of thePuritan migration to New England (1620–1640) and in 1635, Thomas Dibble was one of the founders ofWindsor, Connecticut.
Young Dibble pursued an academic course in Bethel, Connecticut (his father's birthplace), and Charleston, South Carolina.
Starting in 1853, Dibble attended theCollege of Charleston for two years, and graduated A. B. fromWofford College,Spartanburg, South Carolina, in July, 1856, under the presidency of Rev. William M. Wightman, being the first graduate of that institution. While at Wofford, Dibble was a member of the Calhoun Literary Society. Dibble later received the degree LL. D. from his alma mater.
After graduating he taught at Shilow Academy and Pine Grove Academy in Orangeburg District from 1856 to 1857 and was assistant teacher of the preparatory department ofWofford College in the spring of 1858. Dibble also studied law between 1858 and 1859 under Jefferson Choice of Spartanburg, and Lesesne and Wilkins of Charleston, and was admitted as an attorney of law in December, 1859, and as a solicitor in equity in 1865 having studied equity under Hon. Charles H. Simonton. In January, 1860, he began his practice of law in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
He served in theConfederate States Army throughout theCivil War.He resumed the practice of law in Orangeburg, South Carolina and also edited the Orangeburg News.
On January 3, 1861, Samuel Dibble volunteered as a private in the Edisto Rifles in Col. Johnson Hagood's First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers later attaining the rank of first lieutenant. The company later became a part of the Eutaw Regiment, Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers under Col. Charles H. Simonton, a part of Hagood's Brigade, Hokes' Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was also a lieutenant ofWade Hampton III.
Samuel Dibble 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.
He presented credentials as aDemocratic 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 from June 9, 1881, to May 31, 1882, when the seat was awarded toEdmund W.M. Mackey under the original election.
In 1889, Dibble petitioned for the pardon of three black men who had been convicted for thelynching of Manse Waldrop. Dibble said he viewed lynching to avenge rape as justifiable, regardless of race.[1]
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, his 76th birthday.He was interred in Sunny Side Cemetery,Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 1st congressional district 1883–1891 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 2nd congressional district 1881–1882 | Succeeded by |
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| Note | * Alternately namedPublic Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses andPublic Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses. | |
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