Samuel Cary | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's2nd district | |
| In office November 21, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Succeeded by | Job E. Stevenson |
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| Born | Samuel Fenton Cary (1814-02-18)February 18, 1814 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 29, 1900(1900-09-29) (aged 86) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican (Before 1868) Democratic (1868–1876) Greenback (1876–1889) |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Allen Lida Stillwell |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | Miami University, Oxford (BA) University of Cincinnati (LLB) |
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Samuel Fenton Cary (February 18, 1814 – September 29, 1900) was an American politician who was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio and significanttemperance movement leader in the 19th century. Cary became well known nationally as aprohibitionist author and lecturer.
Cary was born on February 18, 1814, inCincinnati, Ohio, where he attended public schools.[1][2] He graduated fromMiami University in 1835 and from theCincinnati Law School in 1837.[2]
Cary was admitted to the bar in 1837, practicing law out of his in office in Cincinnati.[2] He was elected a judge in theOhio State Supreme Court, but decided to pass on the position, continuing to practice law.[2]
He stopped working in law in 1845 to become a farmer and also to devote himself to temperance andanti-slavery groups.[2] He gave lectures and wrote books onprohibition andslavery matters. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in1864 supportingAbraham Lincoln for a second term.[2] Cary served as paymaster general for the State of Ohio under Governors Bartley and Bebb.[2] He then became Collector of Internal Revenue forOhio's first district in 1865.[2]
In 1867, Cary was elected to the40th United States Congress as anIndependent Republican to representOhio's second district, fining the vacancy left by the resignation ofRutherford B. Hayes who had just been electedGovernor of Ohio.[2] He served in Congress from November 21, 1867, to March 3, 1869.[2] There, he became the chairman of theCommittee on Education and Labor.[2] Cary voted againstthe impeachment ofPresidentAndrew Johnson. He lost the election to theForty-first Congress in 1868 toJob E. Stevenson.[2]
In 1875, Cary was also an unsuccessful candidate forLieutenant Governor of Ohio.[2]
Cary joined theGreenback Party and was the nominee for Vice President of the United States in the1876 election afterNewton Booth declined to run.[2] He ran withPeter Cooper who was running for the presidency againstRutherford B. Hayes. Hayes won the presidency along with his running mate,William A. Wheeler. Cooper and Cary also came behind theDemocratic Party candidatesSamuel J. Tilden andThomas A. Hendricks.
Frank Page, the founder and first mayor ofCary, North Carolina, named the town after Cary because he admired Cary's temperance speech given in the community previously.[3]
Cary was twice married. First to Maria Louisa Allen on October 18, 1836; she died ofconsumption on September 25, 1847. They had three children: Martha Louisa Cary, Ella Woodnutt Cary and Lou Allen Cary. In 1849, he married Lida Stillwell.[1] They had three children: Olive Cary, Samuel Fenton Cary Jr., and Jessie Cary.
Cary lived out final twenty years of his life as a writer and lecturer.[2] He died at the Cary Homestead inCollege Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 29, 1900.[1][4] He is interred with his family inSpring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 2nd congressional district 1867–1869 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theHouse Education Committee 1869 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Democraticnominee forLieutenant Governor of Ohio 1875 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Newton Booth Withdrew | Greenback nominee forVice President of the United States 1876 | Succeeded by |
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| Education and Labor* (1947–) | ||
| Note | * Alternately namedEconomic and Educational Opportunities in 104th Congress andEducation and the Workforce in 105th through 109th and 112th through 115th Congresses. | |
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