Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel C. Pomeroy
United States Senator
from Kansas
In office
April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873
Preceded byNone (statehood)
Succeeded byJohn J. Ingalls
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from Southampton
In office
1852–1853
Preceded byChauncy Clapp
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy

(1816-01-03)January 3, 1816
Southampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 27, 1891(1891-08-27) (aged 75)
Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Lucy Gaylord (m. April 23, 1846–1863 her death), Martha Stanwood Mann Whiting (m. September 20, 1866–1891)
EducationAmherst College
ProfessionPolitician, Teacher, Railroad President

Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. He served in the United States Senate during the American Civil War.[1] Pomeroy also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A Republican, he also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas, from 1858 to 1859,[1] the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–Present". Retrieved July 5, 2005.
  2. ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

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