Samuel Stokely | |
State1: | Ohio |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1841 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1843 |
Preceded1: | Henry Swearingen |
Succeeded1: | Daniel R. Tilden |
Office2: | Member of the Ohio Senate from Jefferson County |
Term Start2: | 1837 |
Term End2: | 1839 |
Preceded2: | Andrew McMechan |
Succeeded2: | James Mitchell |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1796 |
Birth Place: | Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Steubenville, Ohio, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Union Cemetery |
Party: | Whig |
Spouse: | Mrs. Lowther Mrs. Burton |
Children: | 4 |
Alma Mater: | Washington College |
Samuel Stokely (January 25, 1796 – May 23, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1841 to 1843.
Born in Washington, Pennsylvania, Stokely attended private schools.He was graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College), Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1813.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1817.He was United States land receiver 1821–1833.[1] He served as a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838.
Stokely was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).He resumed the practice of law in Steubenville, where he died May 23, 1861.He was interred in Union Cemetery.
In April 1830, he married Rachel Mason. He purchased the Bezaleel Wells homestead, The Grove, at a sheriff's sale, and he and his descendants lived there for sixty years.[2] He was a general in the militia, and also married and was survived by Mrs. Lowther and Mrs. Burton. He had four children.[2]