Samuel Anderson (politician)

Samuel Anderson (* 1773 in Middletown, Pennsylvania, † January 17, 1850 in Chester, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1829 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Anderson attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of medicine and his 1796 was admitted as a doctor, he began to work in this profession. Between 1799 and 1801 he worked as a physician member of the U.S. Navy. He then practiced in Chester. During the British - American War he set up a volunteer unit that was known as the Mifflin Guards. In 1814 he was promoted to captain. Later he became a member of the state militia of Pennsylvania, in which it took until 1821 to lieutenant colonel. Between 1815 and 1818, and again from 1823 to 1825 Anderson sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Between 1819 and 1823 he was sheriff in Delaware County. In 1823 he wanted to re-enter the U.S. Navy, but for health reasons he had to give up this intention soon again. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Anderson was in the fourth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel Edwards on March 4, 1827. Until March 3, 1829, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the debate between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson. From 1829 to 1835 Anderson was again a deputy in the State Parliament of Pennsylvania. In 1833 he was its president. Since 1841 he was employed by the customs authority as Inspector of customs. In 1846 he was elected justice of the peace in his home. He died on 17 January 1850 in Chester.