Biography

09/23/1913 - 03/23/1995

Samuel Gunnett Neff (D47) Beaver and Lawrence Counties 1949-1952

Early Life:

Samuel Gunnett Neff, born September 23, 1913, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; son of Samuel and Bernadette Crowe Gunnett; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1944; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1946; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1949-1952; unsuccessful reelection, 1952; delegate, Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania, 1952; delegate, Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania, 1956; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 1964; unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1970; married, Evelyn Katherine Slade Neff; died, March 23, 1995 (age 81 years, 181 days), Rotonda, Charlotte, Florida; interment, Locust Grove Cemetery, Ellwood City, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 25th district, 1944.

Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 25th district, 1946. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 47th district, Beaver and Lawrence Counties, 1949-1952; unsuccessful reelection, 1952. 

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania, 1952.

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania, 1956.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Auditor General, 1964. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1970. 

Cited: 

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

The Political Graveyard: Crowe-Gunnett-Neff family of Frostburg, Maryland 

Samuel Gunnett Neff (1913-1995) - Find a Grave Memorial