Samuel Gross (November 10, 1776 – March 19, 1839) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for

Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district Pennsylvania's second congressional district includes all of Northeast Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia east of Broad Street, as well as portions of Philadelphia's River Wards. It has been represented by Democrat Brendan Boyle since 2 ...

from 1819 to 1823.

Biography

Born in Upper Providence Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of 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. It ...

1803–1807; served in the

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1811–1815; was elected as a Republican to the

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and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1823). He died in Trappe, Pennsylvania.

References

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