Biography

09/10/1783 - 07/01/1868

Mercer and Venango Counties (1813-1814), Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties (1816-1818), Crawford and Venango Counties (1823-1825)

HAYS, Samuel, a Representative from Crawford, Erie, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties; born, September 10, 1783 in County Donegal, Ireland; brigadier general, 1^st Brigade, 17^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1841-1843); miller; elected, supervisor, Irwin (1806); elected, treasurer, Venango County (1808); elected, sheriff, Venango County (1808-1811, 1820-1823, 1829-1832, 1835-1838); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1813-1814, 1816-1817, 1817-1818, 1823-1824 and 1824-1825 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1815, 1818); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1822); engaged, iron manufacturing (1825); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1826); engaged, real estate; trustee, Allegheny College (1837-1861); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1839-1842); elected, United States Congress (1843-1845); appointed, United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1845-1847); elected, associate judge, Venango County (1856); elected, burgess, Franklin (1856); died, July 1, 1868 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Town Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania; removed to Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.