Samuel S. Conner
American politician
Samuel Shepard Conner
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Member of the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Massachusetts 's 19th district |
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In office
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
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Preceded by | James Parker |
Succeeded by | Joshua Gage |
Personal details | |
Born |
c.
1783
(
1783
)
Exeter, New Hampshire |
Died |
December 17, 1820
(1820-12-17)
(aged
36–37)
Covington, Kentucky |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Spouse | Elizabeth Denniston [1] |
Alma mater | Phillips Exeter Academy , Yale College |
Profession | Attorney |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
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Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | March 12, [2] 1812 [3] -July 14, 1814 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Commands |
Twenty-first Infantry
Thirteenth Infantry |
Battles/wars |
War of 1812
Battle of York [2] |
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Samuel Shepard Conner ( c. 1783 – December 17, 1820) was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts .
Born in Exeter, New Hampshire , Conner attended Phillips Exeter Academy in 1794. He was graduated from Yale College in 1806. He studied law.
Conner married Elizabeth Denniston of Albany, New York. [3] He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waterville, Maine (at that time a district of Massachusetts), in 1810. Conner served in the War of 1812 . Conner was first a major of the Twenty-first Infantry. In the beginning of 1813 Conner served as aide-de-camp to General Henry Dearborn . [3] He was one of the American officers who accepted the British surrender at the Battle of York . [2] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry March 12, 1813. He resigned July 14, 1814. He resumed the practice of law in Waterville, Maine .
Conner was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He was appointed surveyor general of the Ohio land district in 1819. He died in Covington, Kentucky , December 17, 1820.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Samuel S. Conner (id: C000692)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by |
Member
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Massachusetts's 19th congressional district March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817 |
Succeeded by |
Military offices | ||
Preceded
by
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Major
of the Twenty-first Infantry March 12, 1812 – March 12, 1813 [4] |
Succeeded
by
John Johnson
[4]
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Preceded
by
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Aide-de-camp
to
General Henry Dearborn 1813 – 1813 |
Succeeded
by
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Preceded
by
John Christie
[5]
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Lieutenant colonel
of the Thirteenth Infantry March 12, 1813 – July 14, 1814 |
Succeeded
by
R. N. Malcolm
[6]
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Notes
- ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1912), Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale college with annals of the College History Vol VI , New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, p. 24
- 1 2 3 Coues, Elliott (1895), The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike: to headwaters of the Mississippi River, Volume 1 , New York, N.Y.: Francis. P. Harper, p. ciii
- 1 2 3 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1912), Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale college with annals of the College History Vol VI , New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, p. 23
- 1 2 Heitman, Francis Bernard (1890), Historical register of the United States Army: from its organization , Washington, D.C: The National Tribune, p. 60
- ↑ Powell, William Henry (1900), List of officers of the army of the United States from 1779 to 1900 , New York, N.Y.: L. R. Hamersly & Co., p. 53
- ↑ Heitman, Francis Bernard (1890), Historical register of the United States Army: from its organization , Washington, D.C: The National Tribune, p. 53
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from the
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