 1809 - 1882 (73 years)
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| Name |
Samuel Anderson Purviance |
| Born |
10 Jan 1809 |
Pennsylvania, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1882 |
Highwood Cem, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
| Buried |
1882 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
| Died |
14 Feb 1882 |
Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I10646 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2021 |
| Father |
John William Purviance, b. 28 Dec 1781, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 28 Dec 1820, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 39 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Annalanah Anderson, b. Abt 1790, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
1805 |
Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
| Family ID |
F3976 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Republican, Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; US Representative from Penn 22nd District, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Penn, 1860, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Penn, 1866-68.
After receiving a preliminary education, entered college and pursued a partial course and then studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Butler, Pa.; moved to Warren Co. and was prosecuting attorney for two years; returned to Butler, where he continued the practice of law; delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1837 and 1838; member of the State house of representatives in 1838 and 1839; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1844 and to the Republican National Convention in 1856, 1860, 1864, and 1868; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1858; moved to Pittsburgh in 1859 and continued the practice of law; served as attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1861; resumed the practice of his profession in Pittsburgh until 1876, when he retired; member of the National Executive Committee of the Republican Party 1864-1868; member of the State constitutional convention of 1872; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.
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