Samuel A. Purviance
Samuel A. Purviance
Photo credit:
Vannerson, Julian. “Samuel A. Purviance.” McClees' Gallery of Photographic Portraits of the Senators, Representatives & Delegates of the Thirty-Fifth Congress, by James McClees, McClees & Beck, 1859, p. 108, from Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Biography
01/10/1809 - 02/14/1882
PURVIANCE, Samuel Anderson, a Representative from Butler County; born, January 10, 1809 in Butler, Butler County, Pa.; lawyer (1827-1876); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838, 1872-1873); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1838-1839 term; elected, delegate, National Whig Convention (1844); elected, United States Congress (1855-1859); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to Congress (1858, 1874); elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1856, 1860, 1864, 1868); appointed, Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1861); member, Republican National Executive Committee (1864-1882); died, February 14, 1882 in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Highwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
After 1 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Samuel A. Purviance went on to serve in congress - opens in a new tab