Samuel Douglas
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the American politician and jurist|Samuel J. Douglas}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Samuel Douglas
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|office = 15th Attorney General of Pennsylvania
|governor = George Wolf
|predecessor = Philip Markley
|successor = Ellis Lewis
|term_start = February 10, 1830
|term_end = January 29, 1833
|birth_date = 1781
|birth_place = County Londonderry, Ireland
|death_date = July 8, 1833
|death_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
|party =
|spouse = Louisa Wyeth
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|profession = Attorney
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Samuel Douglas (1781 – July 8, 1833) was an American lawyer who served as the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
Personal life and career
Douglas was born in Ireland, the son of Henry Douglas and Jane Blair,{{cite book|title=Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German|author=William Henry Egle|publisher=Lane S. Hart|year=1886|url=https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagen00eglegoog|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagen00eglegoog/page/n700 686]–7}} a descendant of the Scottish warlord known as the "Black Douglas".{{cite book|title=American Bastile|publisher=Evans, Stoddart|author=John A. Marshall|year=1870|url=https://archive.org/details/americanbasti00marsh|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanbasti00marsh/page/156 156]–7}} He was educated in Scotland, and came to America when he was about seventeen. He joined his older brother, the Reverend Joseph Douglas, who was living in Pittsburgh. Douglas studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1804.
In 1817, Douglas ran for Congress against Henry Baldwin and lost. That year he moved to Harrisburg, where he met Louisa Wyeth, whom he married shortly afterwards.
In 1819, Douglas was appointed Deputy Attorney General for Dauphin County. He was appointed Attorney General in 1830. His term ended in 1833, and he died that summer.
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Further reading
- {{cite book
|title=Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German
|author=William Henry Egle
|publisher=Lane S. Hart, printer
|year=1886
|url=https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagen00eglegoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagen00eglegoog/page/n700 686]
|quote=samuel douglas.
}}
- {{cite book
|title=American Bastile
|publisher=Evans, Stoddart
|author=John A. Marshall
|year=1870
|url=https://archive.org/details/americanbasti00marsh|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanbasti00marsh/page/156 156]
}}
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{{succession box
|title=Attorney General of Pennsylvania
|before=Philip Markley
|years=1830–1833
|after=Ellis Lewis
}}
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{{Pennsylvania Attorneys General}}
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Category:People from County Londonderry
Category:Pennsylvania attorneys general