Samuel Sterett

Samuel Sterett (* 1758 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, † July 12, 1833 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1791 and 1793, he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1761, Samuel Sterett came with his parents to Baltimore, where he attended public schools. He then studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In the following years, he held various local offices. During the Revolutionary War he was a member in 1777 of an independent military company of merchants of Baltimore. In 1782 he became private secretary to the President of the Continental Congress. End of the 1780s to Sterrett joined the opposition against the federal government under President George Washington (Anti - Administration Group ). In 1789 he became a member of the Senate of Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1790 Sterett was selected in the fourth electoral district of Maryland in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of William Smith on March 4, 1791. Until March 3, 1793, he was able to complete a term in Congress. In 1791, the first ten constitutional amendments were ratified, which are also known as the Bill of Rights.

In 1791, Sterett was secretary of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery in Maryland; In 1812 he was a member of the Safety Committee of Baltimore. During the British - American War he was a captain of an independent company. On July 4, 1828, he was present at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He died on July 12, 1833 in Baltimore.