Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Shellabarger, Samuel

Shellabarger, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; born near Enon, Clark County, Ohio, on December 10, 1817; attended the county schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1841; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Springfield, Ohio, in 1846; member of the State house of representatives in 1852 and 1853; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; elected to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868; Minister to Portugalfrom April 21 to December 31, 1869; again elected to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; member of the United States Civil Service Commission in 1874 and 1875; continued the practice of law until his death in Washington, D.C., August 7, 1896; interment in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Shellabarger, Samuel," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1803 1804. Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UMUQGRIGZ2EQ14.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Shellabarger, Samuel." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1803, page 1804. Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UMUQGRIGZ2EQ14.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Shellabarger, Samuel' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1803, pp.1804. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4UMUQGRIGZ2EQ14.