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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSamuel Locke SAWYER
(1813-1890)
SAWYER, Samuel Locke, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Mount Vernon, N.H., November
27, 1813; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in
1833; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Amherst, N.H., in
1836; moved to Lexington, Mo., in 1838 and practiced; elected
circuit attorney of the sixth judicial circuit of Missouri in 1848
and reelected in 1852; delegate to the Missouri constitutional
convention in 1861; delegate to the Democratic National Convention
in 1868; elected judge of the twenty-fourth judicial circuit and
served from 1871 until February 15, 1876, when he resigned; elected
as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1879-March 3, 1881); did not seek renomination in 1880; practiced
law and engaged in banking; died in Independence, Mo., March 29,
1890; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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