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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioSamuel Finley VINTON
(1792-1862)
VINTON, Samuel Finley, a
Representative from Ohio; born in South Hadley, Mass., September
25, 1792; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.,
in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced
practice in Gallipolis, Ohio; held several local offices; elected
to the Eighteenth through Twenty-second Congresses, elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, and elected as a Whig
to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1837);
declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836; elected as a
Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); chairman, Committee on Ways and
Means (Thirtieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in
1850; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of Ohio in
1851; appointed by President Lincoln in 1862 to appraise the slaves
emancipated in the District of Columbia; died in Washington, D.C.,
May 11, 1862; interment in Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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