Samuel S. Whallon

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Samuel S. Whallon (April 20, 1804 Argyle, Washington County, New York - July 6, 1858 Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

About 1812. his family removed to Mayville, New York. In 1834, he was one of the co-founders of the Mayville Sentinel, but already the next year the newspaper was sold.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Chautauqua Co., 1st D.) in 1855.

He was a Canal Commissioner from 1856 until his death, elected at the New York state election, 1855 on the American Party ticket.

He died of scarlet fever.

Sources

Obit in NYT on July 8, 1858 {gives July 6 as death date]
Political Graveyard
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 248 and 315; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States: For 1857-1858 compiled by Nathan Crosby (Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1859; page 377) [gives July 6 as death date, and gives wrong election year for canal commissioner "1856" (he was elected in 1855)]
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406) [gives July 5 as death date]

Erie Canal Commissioners

(*) elected but declined; (**) elected but died before taking office

Persondata
Name	Whallon, Samuel S.
Alternative names
Short description	American merchant and politician
Date of birth	April 20, 1804
Place of birth	Argyle, New York, United States
Date of death	July 6, 1858
Place of death	Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

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