Biography

08/20/1845 - 06/17/1915

Doctor Samuel S. Weiss (R17) Lebanon County 1988-1904

Early Life:

Doctor Samuel S. Weiss, born August 20, 1845, South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Sarah Smith Weiss; Lebanon Academy; Millersville State Normal School; Bellevue Medical College, New York City, 1872; physician, Lebanon County, fifteen years; surgical, genealogical staff, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, 1893; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1899-1904; married, Zitella McCauly; died, June 17, 1915 (aged 69), Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interment, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Lebanon County, Special Election, vacancy, John Peter Shindel Gobin, resigned, January 17, 1899, elected, February 21, 1899, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Lebanon County, 1901-1904; committee assignments, Appropriations, Canals and Inland Navigation; Educational; Forestry, Game and Fisheries; Military Affairs; Pensions and Gratuities; Public Health and Sanitation; 1899-1904.

Cited:

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

Biographical Annals of Lebanon County Pennsylvania. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Company, 1904, Pages 40 -41.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1901) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1181, 1187-1190, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1158.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1904) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1019, 1026-1028, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 997.

Dr Samuel S. Weiss (1845-1915) - Find a Grave Memorial