Samuel Williams Inge Explained

Office:United States Attorney for the
Northern District of California
President:Franklin Pierce
Term Start:1853
Term End:1856
Preceded:Calhoun Benham
Succeeded:William Blanding
State1:Alabama
District1:4th
Term Start1:March 4, 1847
Term End1:March 3, 1851
Predecessor1:William Winter Payne
Successor1:William R. Smith
Office2:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from Sumter County
Term Start2:December 2, 1844
Term End2:December 1, 1845
Alongside2:William Woodward & William J. Patton
Preceded2:John C. Whitsett
Succeeded2:Sidney S. Perry
Birth Name:Samuel Williams Inge
Birth Date:22 February 1817
Birth Place:Warren County, North Carolina, US
Death Place:San Francisco, California, US
Party:Democratic

Samuel Williams Inge (February 22, 1817 – June 10, 1868) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama.

Early life

Samuel Williams Inge was born on February 22, 1817, in Warren County, North Carolina. He moved to Greene County, Alabama, attended the public schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar.

Career

Inge commenced practice in Livingston, Alabama in Sumter County, Alabama.

He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1844 and 1845. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses. He served from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. During the Thirty-first Congress, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on the District of Columbia. He participated in a duel with Edward Stanly, a Representative from North Carolina, in Bladensburg near Washington, D.C., but neither was seriously injured.

He resumed the practice of law and was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as a United States attorney for the northern district of California on April 1, 1853. Samuel Williams Inge led the California delegation to the 1856 National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati, casting all of California's votes for James Buchanan to be President and for the Democratic party to endorse the establishment of a safe and speedy communication throughout California between the East and West Coasts.[1]

Death

Inge died in San Francisco, California on June 10, 1868.[2] He was originally interred at Calvary Cemetery before being moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.

Notes and References

  1. Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention Held in Cincinnati June 2–6, 1856
  2. Web site: Index to Politicians: I to Ingersol . 2022-10-18 . The Political Graveyard.