Samuel W. Moulton

Samuel Wheeler Moulton ( born January 20, 1821 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, † June 3, 1905 in Shelbyville, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867, and again from 1881 to 1885, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Moulton attended the public schools of his home. He then worked for several years in Kentucky and Mississippi as a teacher. In 1845 he moved to Oakland in Illinois. After studying law and his 1847 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Sullivian in this profession. Since 1849 he lived in Shelbyville, where he continues to practice as a lawyer. Politically he was first a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1852 and 1859 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. In 1856 he was one of the democratic electors, officially chose James Buchanan as U.S. president. Between 1859 and 1876 led Moulton the Board of Education of the State of Illinois. In 1862 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. During this time he joined the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Moulton was a candidate of his new political party in the 14th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James C. Allen on March 4, 1865. Until March 3, 1867, he was able to complete a term of office. Since 1865 the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

According to the preliminary end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Moulton switched back to the Democrats. In the congressional elections of 1880, he was elected in the 15th District in Congress, where he replaced Albert P. Forsythe. After a re-election he was able to complete two more 1885 legislative sessions in the House between March 4, 1881 and March 3. Since 1883 he represented there as a follower of William Ralls Morrison the 17th district of his state. Also since 1883, he was Chairman of the Committee on Mileage. In 1884 he gave up another candidacy.

After his final retirement from Congress Samuel Moulton again worked as a lawyer. After 1896, he changed once more the party by talking about came back to the Republicans. He died on 3 June 1905 in Shelbyville.

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