Miguel Samper Agudelo (24 October 1825 – 16 March 1899) was a Colombian lawyer, politician, and writer. In Colombian politics he distinguished himself as a proponent of

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and economic reform, was elected Member of the Chamber of Representatives, and rose to prominence in the

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ultimately being nominated by the Liberal Party as their candidate for the 1898 Colombian presidential election.

Personal life

Miguel was born on 24 October 1825 in

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, Cundinamarca to José María Samper Blanco and María Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur; the eight and youngest of their children. To of his siblings stand out: Agripina, who married

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; and

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, who married Soledad Acosta Kemble; all of whom were writers in their own right. On 4 May 1851 Miguel married María Teresa Elena Brush y Domínguez, the American born daughter of an Englishman and his Neogranadine wife. Of this union were born ten children: Manuel Francisco, Santiago, María, José María, Margarita, Antonio, Dolores, Joaquín, Tomás María Canuto, and Francisco Ricardo. An ''alumnus'' of the College of Saint Bartholomew in Bogotá, he graduated ''

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'' in 1844 and became a Lawyer in 1846.

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