Samuel H. Piles

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Samuel Henry Piles

| image = Seattle politician Samuel H. Piles, circa 1910.jpg

| jr/sr = United States Senator

| state = Washington

| term_start = March 4, 1905

| term_end = March 3, 1911

| predecessor = Addison G. Foster

| successor = Miles Poindexter

| office2 = United States Ambassador to Colombia

| term_start2 = 1922

| term_end2 = 1928

| predecessor2 = Hoffman Philip

| successor2 = Jefferson Caffery

| birth_date = {{birth date|1858|12|28}}

| birth_place = Smithland, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|3|11|1858|12|28}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Lake View Cemetery

| party = Republican

| signature = Samuel H. Piles signature.png

}}

Samuel Henry Piles (December 28, 1858{{spaced ndash}}March 11, 1940) was an American politician, attorney, and diplomat who served as a United States senator from Washington.

Early life

Piles was born near Smithland, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Henry Piles (d. 1904) and Gabriella Lillard.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}} The senior Piles was sheriff of Livingston County, and later practiced law.{{sfn|Crittenden County, Kentucky Obituaries and Death Notices}} Samuel Jr. attended private schools in Kentucky before studying law.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}}

Career

Piles was admitted to the bar in 1883, and commenced practice in Snohomish, Territory of Washington.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}}

He moved to Spokane in 1886 and later in the same year to Seattle, where he practiced law.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}} He was assistant prosecuting attorney for the third judicial district of the Territory of Washington from 1887 to 1889 and city attorney of Seattle from 1888 to 1889.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}} He was also general counsel of the Pacific Coast Company from 1895 to 1905.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}}

File:Monument dedication at Alki Point showing Samuel H Piles orating, West Seattle neighborhood, Seattle, November 13, 1905 (PEISER 39).jpeg dedication November 13, 1905]]

In January 1905, Piles was elected to the U.S. Senate.{{sfn|"Goes to Senate"}} He served one term, March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1911.{{sfn|"Election in Washington"}} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.{{sfn|"Election in Washington"}} While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Coast and Insular Survey (Fifty-ninth through Sixty-first Congresses).{{sfn|"Ankeney of Washington"}} After leaving the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Seattle.{{sfn|"Who's Who in the Day's News"}}

In 1922, Piles was appointed by President Warren G. Harding as Minister to Colombia, an office he held until 1928.{{sfn|"Who's Who in the Day's News"}}{{sfn|"Ambassador Resigns; Another is Appointed"}}

Personal life

In 1891, Piles married Mary E. Barnard of Henderson, Kentucky.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}} They were the parents of three children: Ross Barnard, Ruth Lillard, and Samuel Henry.{{sfn|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}}

He retired from active pursuits and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he died in 1940. He was interred in the Lake View Cemetery.{{sfn|"Funeral Conducted for Ex-Senator Piles"}}{{sfn|Where They're Buried}}

References

Sources

=Books=

{{cite book |date=1910 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=XIV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nm9GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA389 |location=New York, NY |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=389 |ref={{sfnRef|The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography}}}}
{{cite book |last=Eskew |first=Stephen |date=2011 |title=Crittenden County, Kentucky Obituaries and Death Notices |volume=II, 1900-1905 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSDLAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA183 |location=Marion, KY |publisher=Stephen Eskew |page=183 |isbn=978-1-304-08219-0 |ref={{sfnRef|Crittenden County, Kentucky Obituaries and Death Notices}}}}
{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Thomas E. |date=1998 |title=Where They're Buried |url=https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen |url-access=registration |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=Clearfield Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen/page/147 147] |isbn= 9780806348230|ref={{sfnRef|Where They're Buried}}}}

=Newspapers=

{{cite news |date=January 28, 1905 |title=Goes to Senate: Native of Kentucky Honored in Washington; Samuel H. Piles, of Seattle, is Elected on the Thirteenth Joint Ballot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119410622/ |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, KY |page=1 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Goes to Senate"}}}}
{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=September 12, 1910 |title=Election in Washington: U.S. Senator will be Chosen to Succeed Samuel H. Piles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/206201433/ |newspaper=The Times Herald |location=Port Huron, MI |page=6 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Election in Washington"}}}}
{{cite news |date=April 27, 1922 |title=Who's Who in the Day's News: Samuel Henry Piles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/246718403/ |newspaper=The Palladium-Item |location=Richmond, IN |page=4 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Who's Who in the Day's News"}}}}
{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=June 27, 1928 |title=Ambassador Resigns; Another is Appointed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/228441863/ |newspaper=Akron Beacon-Journal |location=Akron, OH |page=1 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Ambassador Resigns; Another is Appointed"}}}}
{{cite news |date=March 14, 1940 |title=Funeral Conducted for Ex-Senator Piles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/160134194/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, CA |page=41 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Funeral Conducted for Ex-Senator Piles"}}}}

=Magazines=

{{cite magazine |last=Connolly |first=C. P. |date=August 22, 1908 |title=Ankeney of Washington |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V18wAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51 |magazine=Collier's: The national Weekly |location=New York, NY |publisher=P. F. Collier & Son |page=16 |ref={{sfnRef|"Ankeney of Washington"}}}}