Samuel Lewis Cheeseman (December 23, 1857 – September 19, 1942) was an American politician and educator.
Samuel Lewis Cheeseman was born in
Portersville, Pennsylvania
Portersville is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at (40.925285, -80.144229). It is surrounded by Mu ...
, on December 23, 1857, to parents John Cheeseman and Abigail Coulter Cheeseman.
His family was of English descent and traced its lineage back to Joseph Cheeseman, who immigrated in 1815.
Samuel Cheeseman graduated from
Slippery Rock State Normal School in 1891, and was superintendent of school for
Butler County from 1896 to 1899.
He served a single term on the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
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from 1913 to 1914 as a
Republican, and did not contest the 1915 election cycle.
Samuel Cheeseman married Clara E. Watson, who was of Scottish descent. The couple raised three sons and two daughters. Their son Franklin Prime Cheeseman attended Yale University and died in 1918.
Samuel Cheeseman died on September 19, 1942, in
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.
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1857 births
1942 deaths
20th-century American legislators
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Educators from Pennsylvania
People from Butler County, Pennsylvania
School superintendents in Pennsylvania
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Slippery Rock University alumni
American people of English descent
20th-century Pennsylvania politicians
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