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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaSamuel BRENTON
(1810-1857)
BRENTON, Samuel, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Ky., November
22, 1810; attended the public schools; was ordained to the
Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at
Danville, Ind., in 1834 because of ill health, and studied law;
member of the State house of representatives 1838-1841; in 1841,
returned to the ministry and served at Crawfordsville, Perryville,
Lafayette, and finally at Fort Wayne, where he suffered a paralytic
stroke in 1848 and was compelled to abandon his ministerial duties;
appointed register of the land office at Fort Wayne, Ind., on May
2, 1849, and served until July 31, 1851, when he resigned; elected
as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3,
1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the
Thirty-third Congress; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to
the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1855, until his
death in Fort Wayne, Ind., March 29, 1857; interment in Lindenwood
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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