Samuel S. Burdett

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(February 21, 1836 — September 24, 1914) Burdett was a farmer, lawyer, and politician. Samuel Swinfin Burdett was born in Leicestershire, England and immigrated to the United States at the age of twelve. He and his family settled in Lorain County, Ohio, where he attended school and later studied law and Oberlin College.; Burdett was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practiced law in Iowa. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and attained the ranks of lieutenant and captain. After the war, he moved to Missouri and worked as an attorney for the seventh circuit from 1868 to 1869. Burdett was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. He died in Leicestershire, England on September 24, 1914. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001074]

Member of Missouri Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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