Samuel Smith Harrison

For other people named Samuel Smith, see Samuel Smith (disambiguation).
Samuel S. Harrison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1833  March 3, 1837
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by William Beatty
Personal details
Born 1780
Virginia
Died April 1853 (aged 72/73)
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Political party Jacksonian

Samuel Smith Harrison (1780 – April 1853) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Samuel Smith Harrison was born in Virginia in 1780. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He resumed the practice of law and died in Kittanning in 1853. Interment in Old Kittanning Cemetery.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
District Created
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1833–1837
Succeeded by
William Beatty


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