Samuel Locke Sawyer

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Samuel Locke Sawyer (November 27, 1813 – March 29, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Sawyer was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1833. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Amherst, New Hampshire, in 1836. He moved to Lexington, Missouri, in 1838 and continued his law practice.

Sawyer was elected circuit attorney of the sixth judicial circuit of Missouri in 1848 and reelected in 1852. He served as delegate to the Missouri constitutional convention in 1861. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. Sawyer was elected judge of the twenty-fourth judicial circuit and served from 1871 until February 15, 1876, when he resigned.

Sawyer was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881). He did not seek renomination in 1880, and returned to the practice of law and engaged in banking. He died in Independence, Missouri, March 29, 1890, and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

References

Samuel Locke Sawyer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin Joseph Franklin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 8th congressional district 1879–1881	Succeeded by Robert T. Van Horn

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 17058013 LCCN: no2009007821

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Name	Sawyer, Samuel Locke
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 27, 1813
Place of birth
Date of death	March 29, 1890
Place of death

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