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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaSamuel Greeley HILBORN
(1834-1899)
HILBORN, Samuel Greeley, a
Representative from California; born in Minot, Androscoggin (then
Cumberland) County, Maine, December 9, 1834; attended the common
schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould’s Academy, Bethel, Maine,
and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Mass., in 1859;
studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861; moved to
California; located in Vallejo, Solano County, and engaged in the
practice of law; served in the State senate 1875-1879; member of
the constitutional convention in 1879; moved to San Francisco,
Calif., in 1883; appointed by President Arthur United States
district attorney for the district of California and served from
1883 to 1886; moved to Oakland in 1887 and continued the practice
of his profession; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph
McKenna; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third
Congress and served from December 5, 1892, until April 4, 1894,
when he was succeeded by Warren B. English, who contested his
election; elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses
(March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1898; lived in retirement until his death in
Washington, D.C., April 19, 1899; interment in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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