S. Newton Pettis

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"(October 10, 1827 -- September 18, 1900) Solomon Newton Pettis was a(n) lawyer, minister, judge, and American politician. He was born in Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio and moved to Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Solomon studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He was an associate justice of the Territory of Colorado (1861 and 1862) and was appointed Minister to Bolivia (September 4, 1878 - November 1, 1870). Pettis was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by Darwin Finney's death (December 7, 1868 - March 3, 1869) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000274]"

Member of Pennsylvania Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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