- Samuel Lilly
Infobox Congressman
name = Samuel Lilly
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state =New Jersey
district = 3rd
party = Democratic
term =March 4 ,1853 –March 3 ,1855
preceded =Isaac Wildrick (O)
succeeded = James Bishop (D)
date of birth =May 11 ,1816
place of birth =Geneva, New York
date of death =April 3 ,1880
place of death =Lambertville, New Jersey
spouse =
profession =Politician
religion =
footnotes =Samuel Lilly (
May 11 ,1816 inGeneva, New York –April 3 ,1880 inLambertville, New Jersey ) was an American Democratic Partypolitician , who represented ushr|New Jersey|3 in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855.Lilly was born in
Geneva, New York onOctober 28 ,1815 . He moved toLambertville, New Jersey in 1829, and attended Rev. P.O. Studdiford's classical school. He graduated from theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine onMarch 31 ,1837 , and commenced practice in Lambertville. He was elected as the first mayor of Lambertville, serving in office from 1849-1852.Lilly was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, serving in office from
March 4 ,1853 -March 3 ,1855 , and was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.He served as director of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hunterdon County for eight years, and was brigadier general of the New Jersey Militia. He was appointed by PresidentJames Buchanan as consul general of the United States to British India, with residence in Calcutta, fromJanuary 3 ,1861 , and served untilJuly 4 ,1862 , when he resigned. He was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hunterdon County from 1868-1873, and was one of the members of the board of managers of the New Jersey Insane Asylum in 1871. He was a judge of theNew Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals , then the state's highest court, and also a member of the State board of pardons from 1873 until his death in Lambertville onApril 3 ,1880 . He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambertville.External links
*CongBio|L000310
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#R9M0J47L6 Samuel Lilly] atThe Political Graveyard
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