Member Biography

Samuel Leas Carpenter 

Samuel Leas Carpenter 

From: Seymour D. Carpenter, Genealogical Notes of the Carpenter Family (Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Jornal Co., printers, 1907.

Sessions Office Position District Party
1835-1836       18 Democrat
1836-1837       18 Democrat
1837-1838       16 Democrat
1838-1839       16 Democrat

COUNTIES: Westmoreland  


Biography

06/10/1795 - 11/09/1876

Samuel Leas Carpenter (D18) Westmoreland County 1835-1837 (D16) Westmoreland County 1837-1839

Early Life:

Samuel Leas Carpenter born June 10, 1795, York County, Pennsylvania, son of Daniel and Mary Leas Carpenter; schoolteacher, county surveyor, sheriff, associate judge; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1835-1839; married, Keziah Jane Irwin, 1819, children, Samuel Carpenter, Mariah Carpenter, Keziah Carpenter, Lavina Carpenter, Ann Carpenter; died, November 9, 1876 (aged 81) Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Westmoreland County, 1835-1837.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Westmoreland County, 1837-1839.

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Cambria Freeman (Ebensburg, Pennsylvania) Friday, November 24, 1876, Page 3.

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