Samuel Johnson Pugh

Samuel Johnson Pugh ( born January 28, 1850, Greenup County, Kentucky, † April 17, 1922 in Vanceburg, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Drew early as 1852 Samuel Pugh with his parents in the Lewis County. He attended Chandler 's Select School, the Rand's Academy and Centre College in Danville. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in Vanceburg in this profession. In the years 1872 and 1873 he was there -city lawyer. From 1874 to 1880 he worked as a Master Commissioner to the District Court. He was also a 1878-1886 District Attorney and 1886-1890 District Judge.

Politically, Pugh member of the Republican Party. In 1890 and 1891 he took part in meetings on the revision of the Constitution of Kentucky as a delegate. From 1893 to 1894 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1894 he was in the ninth constituency of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas H. Paynter on March 4, 1895. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1901 three legislative periods. In this time of the Spanish-American War was.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, Samuel Pugh retired from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 17 April 1922 in Vanceburg.