Biography

02/20/1809 - 12/21/1895

Samuel Townsend Shugert (D21) Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties 1868

Early Life:

Samuel Townsend Shugert, born February 20, 1809, Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph Bishop and Mary Mendenhall Shugert; editor and proprietor, Centre Democrat, 1834-1885; employed, United States Patent Office, 1844-1858; presidential appointee, Acting Commissioner of Patents, United States Patent Office, 1858-1861; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1867-1868; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1875-1876; married, Deborah Moore Dunlop Shugert (d.1869) children, Mary Moran, Eliza Dunlop Shugert, William Findlay Shugert, John Dunlop Shugert, married, Fanny Alricks Shugert, 1877; died, December 21, 1895, home of his daughter, Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Enjoyed a fifty-year career, Centre Democrat, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1834-1885; employed, United States Patent Office, 1844-1858.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Presidential appointee, President James Buchanan, Acting Commissioner of Patents, United States Patent Office, 1858-1861.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties, 1868.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1875-1876; not a candidate for reelection, 1877. 

Pennsylvania State 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 Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Monday, December 23, 1895, page 8.

Samuel Townsend Shugert (1809-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial