Samuel Bigger
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Samuel Bigger (March 20, 1802 – September 9, 1845) was a Whig governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 9, 1840 to December 6, 1843.
He was born in Franklin, Ohio, the son of John Bigger, the Ohio House of Representatives Speaker of the House. Samuel Bigger was a student at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in the 1820s where he received both A.B. and A.M. degrees.
Samuel Bigger later moved to Liberty, Indiana in 1829. His governorship was beset from the state’s debts, resulting from the failure of the Internal Improvements Program.
He died in 1845 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, aged 43, and was buried in that city's McCulloch Park.
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- US 27 Bridge over the St. Mary's River in downtown Fort Wayne was renamed the Governor Samuel Bigger Memorial Bridge by a Resolution of the Indiana General Assembly authored by State Representative Mitchell Harper.
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| Preceded by David Wallace |
Governor of Indiana December 9, 1840 – December 6, 1843 |
Succeeded by James Whitcomb |
| Governors of Indiana |  |
|---|---|
| Territory: Harrison • Posey • State: Jennings • Boon • W. Hendricks • Ray • Noble • Wallace • Bigger • J. Whitcomb • Dunning • Wright • Willard • Hammond • Lane • Morton • Baker • T. Hendricks • Williams • Gray • Porter • Gray • Hovey • Chase • Matthews • Mount • Durbin • Hanly • Marshall • Ralston • Goodrich • McCray • Branch • Jackson • Leslie • McNutt • Townsend • Schricker • Gates • Schricker • Craig • Handley • Welsh • Branigin • E. Whitcomb • Bowen • Orr • Bayh • O'Bannon • Kernan • Daniels |
