Samuel B. Dick

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Samuel B. Dick
Samuel H. Miller
Personal details
Born(1836-10-26)October 26, 1836
Meadville, Pennsylvania
DiedMay 10, 1907(1907-05-10) (aged 70)
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Alma materAllegheny College

Samuel Bernard Dick (October 26, 1836 – May 10, 1907) was an American politician who served as a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
from 1879 to 1881.

Biography

Samuel B. Dick (son of

During the war, Dick served as captain of Company F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment.[2] He was severely wounded at the Battle of Dranesville, on December 20, 1861, and commanded the regiment at the Battle of Antietam. He subsequently served as colonel of the regiment until February 1863, when he resigned. He then commanded the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and proceeded to New Creek, West Virginia, in July 1863.

He served as

Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Company until April 1900. He was also president of Phoenix Iron Works Co.

He died in Meadville in 1907 and was interred at Greendale Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dick, Samuel Bernard, (1836-1907)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Sypher, Josiah Rhinehart (1865). History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co. p. 86. Retrieved June 20, 2018. pennsylvania reserves.
  3. ^
    New York, New York
    : The Press Biographical Company. 1899. pp. 22 & seq.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John M. Thompson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district

1879–1881
Succeeded by