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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeSamuel Mayes ARNELL
(1833-1903)
ARNELL, Samuel Mayes, a
Representative from Tennessee; born at Zion Settlement, near
Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., May 3, 1833; attended Amherst
College, Amherst, Mass.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Columbia; member of the constitutional
convention of Tennessee in 1865; served in the State house of
representatives in 1865 and 1866; upon the readmission of the State
of Tennessee to representation was elected as an Unconditional
Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress; reelected as a Republican to
the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 24,
1866, to March 3, 1871; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of State (Fortieth Congress), Committee on Education and
Labor (Forty-first Congress); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1870; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; returned
to Columbia, Tenn.; postmaster of Columbia 1879-1884;
superintendent of schools 1884-1886; died in Johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn., July 20, 1903; interment in Monte Vista
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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