Zabdiel Sampson (August 22, 1781 – July 19, 1828) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Sampson was born inPlympton, Massachusetts, on August 22, 1781.^[1] He was the eldest of nine children born to George Sampson (1755–1826) and Hannah (née Cooper) Sampson (1761–1836), who married in 1780.^[2]

His paternal aunt, Hannah Sampson, was married to his maternal uncle, Richard Cooper. His paternal grandfather, and namesake, was Zabdeil Sampson, who died in the Revolutionary War.^[3]

As a young man during theAmerican Revolutionary War, he apprenticed as a blacksmith. He later pursued classical studies and graduated fromBrown University inProvidence, Rhode Island, in 1803.^[1]

He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar in 1806. He first began practicing inFairhaven, Massachusetts, before returning to practice inPlymouth.^[1]

Sampson first became involved in politics as a member of the Board of Selectmen for Plymouth.^[4] In 1816, he was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to succeed CongressmanWilliam Baylies and representMassachusetts's 8th congressional district in theFifteenth andSixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, to July 26, 1820, when he resigned due to his appointment by PresidentJames Monroe as Collector of Customs at Plymouth on July 26, 1820, and served until his death.^[1] Sampson was a close friend ofDaniel Webster.^[5]

On October 18, 1804, Sampson was married to Ruth Lobdell (1784–1837), daughter of Captain Ebenezer and Judith Lobdell.^[5] Together, they were the parents of ten children, including:^[2]

• Milton Lobdell Sampson (1805–1806), who died in infancy.^[3]
• Eudora Rowland Sampson (1807–1852), who married Francis Alden.^[3]
• Algernon Sidney Sampson (1809–1815), who died as a child.^[3]
• Marcia Lobdell Sampson (1811–1859), who married John Hayden Coggeshall. After his death, she married Dr. John Hornby.
• Maria Louisa Sampson (b. 1813), who married Daniel Ricketson in 1834.^[3]
• Algernon Sidney Sampson (1815–1849), who married Adeline Lombard.^[3]
• Ruth Lobdell Sampson (1819–1851), who married Daniel Hathaway.^[3]
• Zabdiel Silsbee Sampson (1821–1870)^[6]
• Judith Lobdell Sampson (b. 1827), a twin.^[3]
• Nancy Ripley Sampson (1827–1854), a twin who married prolific author James Loring Baker (1813–1886).^[7]

Sampson died on July 19, 1828, in Plymouth. He was interred inBurial Hill Cemetery.^[1]

• United States Congress."Zabdiel Sampson (id: S000026)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Zabdiel Sampson atFind a Grave

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