Samuel Hambleton (politician)

Samuel Hambleton (January 8, 1812 – December 9, 1886)[1] was a U.S. Representative from Maryland from 1869 to 1873.[1][2]

Early life

Samuel Hambleton was born at "Waterloo" farm in Talbot County, Maryland. He was educated by private tutors and attended Easton Academy.[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and commenced practice in Easton, Maryland.[1]

Personal life

Hambleton was married and had a son and a daughter.[3]

His contemporaries referred to him as Colonel Hambleton.[3]

Career

He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1834 and 1835, and was State's attorney for Talbot County from 1836 to 1844.[1]

Hambleton served in the Maryland State Senate from 1844 to 1850, was president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1853 and 1854, and again served as a member of the House of Delegates in 1853.[1][4] He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, and served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1873.[1]

Hambleton served as a director and attorney for the Easton National Bank.[3]

Death

Hambleton died at his home in Easton on December 9, 1886. He is interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.[3]

References
  1. Tilghman, Oswald (1967). History of Talbot County Maryland 1661-1861. Regional Publishing Company. pp. 480–489. ISBN 978-5-87828-013-6.
  2. Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1890. p. 47.
  3. "Death of Col. Samuel Hambleton". The Star-Democrat. Easton, Maryland. December 14, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Baltimore Sun Newspaper Archives, Feb 1, 1898, p. 8". NewspaperArchive.com. February 1, 1898. Retrieved September 25, 2020.


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