Samuel Nixon

Samuel Nixon

Samuel Nixon

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“Samuel Nixon, 1789-1859.”  www.Ancestry.com

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1822-1823 Representative Democrat
1824-1825 Representative Democrat
1825-1826 Representative Democrat
Counties Fayette

Biography

05/09/1789 - 05/28/1859


NIXON, Samuel, a Representative from Fayette County; born, May 9, 1789 in Georges Township, Fayette County, Pa.; farmer; owner and operator, carding machine; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1822-1823, 1824-1825 and 1825-1826 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1823, 1826); appointed, associate judge, Fayette County (1828-1841); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1845); died, May 28, 1859 in Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; interred, Tent Presbyterian Cemetery, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.


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