Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1897-1898 | 29 | Republican | ||
1899-1900 | 29 | Republican |
COUNTIES: Schuylkill
Major Samuel Alfred Losch (R29) Schuylkill, 1897-1900
Early Life:
Samuel Alfred Losch born December 19, 1842, Uniontown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of George Losch, first lieutenant, Company C, 50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1861-1865; major, 4th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard 1866-1871; farmer; bricklayer; canal driver; laborer and operator, Schuylkill Haven & Mine Hill Railroad Company; appointed, clerk, Pennsylvania Department of State, 1872-1873, 1876-1878; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1874 and 1875; not a candidate reelection, 1876; appointed, chief clerk, Pennsylvania Department of State, 1878-1883; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1880; appointed, post office inspector, Pennsylvania, United States Postal Service, 1883-1884; appointed, secretary, New Mexico Territory, 1884-1885; elected, chair, Schuylkill County Republican Committee, 1885-1887; unsuccessful campaign, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania Department of State, 1886; elected, chief clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1888; incorporator, Schuylkill Electric Railway Company, 1889; unsuccessful campaigns, United States Congress, 1890, 1894; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1892; reelected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1892-1893; not a candidate for reelection, 1894; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1900; died, office, Senate, September 11, 1900 (age 57), Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey; interment, Schuylkill Haven Union Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. (i)
Early Career:
First lieutenant, Company C, 50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Civil War, 1861-1865; saw action, Port Royal, SouthCarolina, Pocataligo, and Hilton Head; 2d Bull Run; South Mountain; Antietam; Fredericksburg; the Mud March; Newport News; Paris, Kentucky.; Vicksburg; Jackson; the Wilderness; Spotsylvania; the Assault on the Salient; Cold Harbor; the Petersburg Campaign; Poplar Springs Church; Boydton Plank Road and Hatcher’s Run; and the Appomattox Campaign. Major, 4th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1866- 1871;
Farmer; bricklayer; canal driver; laborer and operator, Schuylkill Haven & Mine Hill Railroad Company; incorporator, Schuylkill Electric Railway Company, 1889.
Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:
Member, Grand Army of the Republic and Kindred Societies, senior vice president, since organized; president, Schuykill haven School Board; member, Patriotic Order Sons of America, Page Lodge 27; member, Free and Accepted Masons; member, Pecos Tribe, No. 323, Improved Order of Red Men; Masonic Mountain City Royal Arch Masons, Chapter 196; Jeremiah "Jere" Helms, Grand Army of the Republic and Encampment No. 19; member, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; director, Valley Forge Memorial Association.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Appointed, clerk, Pennsylvania Department of State, under Matthew Stanley Quay, 1872-1873, 1876-1878.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection, House, 1876.
Appointed, chief clerk, Pennsylvania Department of State, Governors Hartranft and Henry M. Hoyt, 1878-1883.
Elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, one of 306; 1880.
Appointed, post office inspector, Pennsylvania, United States Postal Service, 1883-1884.
Appointed, Secretary, New Mexico Territory, President Arthur, 1884; Suspended President Cleveland, 1885.
Elected, chair, Schuylkill County Republican Committee, 1885-1887.
Unsuccessful campaign, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania Department of State, 1886.
Elected, chief clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1888.
Unsuccessful campaigns, United States Congress, 1890, 1894.
Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1892.
Reelected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1892-1893; not a candidate, reelection, House, 1894.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1900; chair Mines and Mining Committee; member, Appropriations, Corporations, Legislative Apportionment, Military Affairs and Public Roads and Highways Committees; died in the office of Senate.
Continued Government Service/National Politics:
Appointed, Secretary, New Mexico Territory, President Chester Alan Arthur, 1884; Suspended, President Stephen Grover Cleveland, 1885.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6058&body=H
Cited:
Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1900) Cochran, T.B., Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1161, 1186 and 1192-1194.
(i) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37294874/samuel-alfred-losch