Samuel C. Sample

{{short description|American attorney and politician (1796–1855)}}

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| name = Samuel C. Sample

| image = Samuel C. Sample (Indiana Congressman).jpg

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| caption = Reproduction of portrait by Curran Swaim, circa 1855

| state = Indiana

| district = 9th

| term_start = 1843

| term_end = 1845

| predecessor = Seat established

| successor = Charles W. Cathcart

| party = Whig

| birth_name = Samuel Caldwell Sample

| birth_date = {{birth date|1796|8|15}}

| birth_place = Elkton, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1855|12|2|1796|8|15}}

| death_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S.

| resting_place = South Bend City Cemetery
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.

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| spouse = Ann Howard

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| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician|judge|carpenter}}

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Samuel Caldwell Sample (August 15, 1796 – December 2, 1855) was an American lawyer and politician who served a single term as a United States Representative from Indiana from 1843 to 1845.

Early life

Sample Caldwell Sample was born in Elkton, Maryland, to John Sample.{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000024 |title=Sample, Samuel Caldwell |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-11-20}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113398569/death-of-the-hon-samuel-c-sample-15/ |title=Death of the Hon. Samuel C. Sample |date=1855-12-15 |newspaper=Cecil Whig |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-20}}{{Open access}} His father was a captain serving under Thomas Veazey in the War of 1812. Sample attended a rural school. He learned to become a carpenter and assisted his father in his contracting business. Around 1823 he moved with his father to Connersville, Indiana. He studied law there and was admitted to the bar in 1833.

Career

After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing law in South Bend, Indiana. In 1834 he was elected prosecuting attorney and subsequently elected judge of the ninth judicial circuit in 1836. He served as judge until he resigned in 1843. He also served as the first president of the First National Bank of South Bend.

=Political career=

He was elected to the 28th United States Congress as a Whig where he served from 1843 to 1845, the first representative from Indiana's 9th congressional district. He was defeated for reelection in 1844 by Charles W. Cathcart.