Biography

1773 - 01/17/1850

ANDERSON, Dr. Samuel, a Representative from Delaware County; born, 1773 in New Jersey; doctor; appointed, assistant surgeon, United States Navy (1799); appointed, surgeon, United States Navy (1800-1801); captain, Mifflin Guards, Pennsylvania Militia (1814, War of 1812); lieutenant colonel, 100^th Regiment Second Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia (1821); special physician, “U.S.S. Hornet” (1824), “U.S.S. Decoy,” United States Navy (1823-1824); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1815-1816, 1816-1817 and 1817-1818 terms; elected, sheriff, Delaware County (1819-1823); reelected to the House for the 1822-1823 and 1825-1826 terms; elected, United States Congress (1827-1829); reelected to the House as a Democrat to the 1829-1830 term; reelected to the House as a National Republican for the 1831-1832, 1832-1833, 1833-1834 and 1834-1835 terms; elected, Speaker (1832-1833); gubernatorial appointee, Inspector of Customs, Tinicum Island (1840-1845); elected, burgess, Chester (1846); appointed, justice of the peace (1846-1850); died, January 17, 1850 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.