Samuel Shellabarger | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Stanton |
| Succeeded by | William Johnston |
| Constituency | 8th district |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel S. Cox |
| Succeeded by | James J. Winans |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | James J. Winans |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence T. Neal |
| Constituency | 7th district |
| Member of theOhio House of Representatives from theClark County district | |
| In office December 2, 1850 – January 1, 1854 | |
| Preceded by | John T. Burnett Henry W. Smith |
| Succeeded by | William Goodfellow |
| United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
| In office April 21, 1869 – December 31, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | James E. Harvey |
| Succeeded by | William Cumback |
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| Born | (1817-12-10)December 10, 1817 |
| Died | August 6, 1896(1896-08-06) (aged 78) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Ferncliff Cemetery,Springfield, Ohio |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Miami University |
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Samuel Shellabarger (December 10, 1817 – August 6, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served three different stints as aRepublicanU.S. Representative fromOhio in the mid-19th century.
Born nearEnon, Ohio, Shellabarger attended the county schools and was graduated fromMiami University,Oxford, Ohio, in 1841. He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar, commencing practice inSpringfield, Ohio, in 1846. He served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1852 and 1853.
Shellabarger was elected as a Republican to theThirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to theThirty-eighth Congress. Shellabarger was elected to theThirty-ninth andFortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868. He served asU.S. Minister to Portugal from April 21 to December 31, 1869.
Shellabarger was again elected to theForty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). During that term he served as chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Perhaps the most historically memorable moment of his life came early in this term when he drafted an anti-Ku Klux Klan bill—sometimes referred to as theCivil Rights Act of 1871. After passage by both houses of Congress, the bill was signed into law by PresidentUlysses S. Grant on April 20. This law was very instrumental in giving Grant the tools he needed to demolish the first-era KKK. Shellabarger's KKK bill was the second introduced in Congress that year; an earlier bill drafted byBenjamin Butler had failed to garner sufficient votes for passage.[1]
Shellabarger was not a candidate for renomination in 1872. He served as a member of the United States Civil Service Commission in 1874 and 1875.
Shellabarger continued the practice of law until his death in Washington, D.C., August 6, 1896.[2] He was interred in Ferncliff Cemetery,Springfield, Ohio.
He is the grandfather ofSamuel Shellabarger (1888–1954), whom he raised after the death in 1889 of the grandson's parents. The younger Shellabarger later became an American educator and author of note.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 8th congressional district 1861–1863 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 7th congressional district 1865–1869 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's 7th congressional district 1871–1873 | Succeeded by |
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