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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSamuel Swinfin BURDETT
(1836-1914)
BURDETT, Samuel Swinfin, a
Representative from Missouri; born at Sutton-in-the-Elms,
Leicestershire, England, February 21, 1836; when twelve years of
age immigrated to the United States; worked on a farm in Lorain
County, Ohio, and attended the common schools; studied law at
Oberlin College, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1858 and
commenced practice in Dewitt, Iowa; entered the Union Army as a
private in the First Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in May 1861;
promoted to the rank of lieutenant, later becoming captain, and
served until August 1864; assistant provost marshal general from
March 1, 1864-August 1, 1864; moved to Osceola, St. Clair County,
Mo., in December 1865; attorney for the seventh circuit in 1868 and
1869; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second
Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); chairman, Committee on
Manufactures (Forty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate in
1872 for reelection to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Osceola, Mo.; appointed Commissioner of the
General Land Office in 1874; engaged in the practice of law in
Washington, D.C., residing at Glencarlyn, Va., during his last
years; commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic,
1885-1886; died at Sutton-in-the-Elms, Leicestershire, England,
September 24, 1914; interment in Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, Va.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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