Samuel Wallin

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Samuel Wallin (July 31, 1856 - December 1, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Wallin moved with his parents to Amsterdam, New York, in 1864. He attended the public schools and Amsterdam Academy. He engaged in the manufacture of carpets and rugs. He served as alderman 1889-1892. He served as mayor of Amsterdam in 1901 and 1902.

Wallin was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914. He resumed his business activities in Amsterdam, New York, where he died December 1, 1917. He was interred in Green Hill Cemetery.

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• Samuel Wallin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress