Samuel Calvin

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Samuel Calvin (July 30, 1811 – March 12, 1890) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel Calvin was born in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Milton Academy. He taught in Huntingdon Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Calvin was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1850. He resumed the practice of law and served as director of the Hollidaysburg School Board for thirty years. He was a member of the State revenue board and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1873. He died in Hollidaysburg in 1890. Interment in Presbyterian Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by John Blanchard

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1849 - 1851

Succeeded by Andrew Parker