Biography

07/19/1828 - 02/25/1898

SAMPLE, Hiram K., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, July 19, 1828 in Shaler, Allegheny County, Pa,; iron roller; farmer; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1867, 1873, 1874); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1871 and 1872; director, United States Bank; elected, justice of the peace; elected, school director; reelected as a Republican to the House in 1884 and 1886; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888); died, February 25, 1898 in Millvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.