Member Biography

Samuel Wieder Salus 

Samuel Wieder Salus 

Portrait: Senate of Pennsylvania

Sessions Office Position District Party
1911-1912       2 Republican
1913-1914       2 Republican
1915-1916       2 Republican
1917-1918       2 Republican
1919-1920       2 Republican
1921-1922       2 Republican
1923-1924       2 Republican
1925-1926     President Pro Tempore 2 Republican
1927-1928       2 Republican
1929-1930       2 Republican
1931-1932       2 Republican
1933-1934       2 Republican
1935-1936       2 Republican
1937-1938       2 Republican

COUNTIES: Philadelphia  


Biography

08/30/1872 - 12/29/1945

Samuel Wieder Salus, (R2) Philadelphia (Part) County, 1911-1938

Early Life: 

Samuel Wieder Salus, born, August 30, 1872, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Central High School, 1891; Law Department, University of Pennsylvania, 1895; attorney; elected, common council, city of Philadelphia, 1902-1903; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1903-1904; elected, assistant district attorney, Philadelphia County, 1904-1907; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1909-1910; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1911-1938; elected, Senate President Pro Tempore, 1925-1926; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1943-1946; married, Ada Rosenthal Salus, son Arthur Salus; died, December 29, 1945 (aged 73), while in office of House of Representatives, office, heart attack, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Adath Jeshurun Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, common council, city of Philadelphia, 1902-1903. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1903-1904. 

Elected, assistant district attorney, Philadelphia County, 1904-1907.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1909-1910. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1911-1938; elected, Senate President Pro Tempore, 1925-1926; as President pro tempore, member ex-officio of all committees. 

General election of 1938 had challenger Herbert Levin defeating incumbent Samuel Salus of Philadelphia County, by 45 votes. The seat was declared vacant.  A. Evans Kephart, elected November 7, 1939, fill the vacancy.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1943-1945. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited: 

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1927). Dight, J.C., (Director). Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 966, 971, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 992.

Samuel Wieder Salus (1872-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial