Biography

09/17/1838 - 04/03/1914

Samuel James Logan (D50) Crawford County 1891-1894 

Early Life:  

Samuel James Logan, born September 17, 1838, Logan farm, South Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; son of David and Amelia Logan; district school education; Hartstown Academy; farmer; elected, various township offices, including justice of the peace, 1874 -resigned, 1875; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1875-1876, not a candidate for reelection, 1877; delegate, Democratic State Conventions, 1875, 1876, member, Committee on Agriculture, Bureau of Statistics, Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1891-1894; editor, The Pennsylvania Farmer; engaged, banking; married, Angeline Free; died, April 3, 1914, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Various township offices, justice of the peace, 1874 -resigned, 1875. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1875-1876; not a candidate for reelection, 1877 term; member, Committee on Agriculture, Bureau of Statistics, Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Delegate, Democratic State Conventions, 1875, 1876, member, Committee on Agriculture, Bureau of Statistics, Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford County, 1891-1894; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banks, Constitutional Reform, Public Buildings, Public Printing; nominated, Pennsylvania State Senate, by farmers and Democratic Convention, Crawford County, defeated, Republican State Chair William H. “Bull” Andrews, 1890. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us) 

Cited: 

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1893). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 810, 815-817, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 777.