Samuel Lilly (October 28, 1815April 3, 1880) was an American
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politician, who represented in the
United States House of Representatives
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for one term from 1853 to 1855.
Early life and career
Lilly was born in
Geneva, New York
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on October 28, 1815. He moved to
Lambertville, New Jersey
Lambertville is a city in Hunterdon County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 3,906,[University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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on March 31, 1837, and commenced practice in Lambertville.
He was elected as the first
Mayor of Lambertville, New Jersey serving in office from 1849 to 1852.
Congress
Lilly was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-third Congress
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, serving in office from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855. In Congress, he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.
Later career
He served as director of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders
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of
Hunterdon County
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James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...]
as consul general of the United States to
British India
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, with residence in
Calcutta
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, from January 3, 1861, and served until July 4, 1862, when he resigned.
He was judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
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of Hunterdon County from 1868–1873, and was one of the members of the board of managers of the New Jersey Insane Asylum in 1871. He was a judge of the
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals Prior to 1947, the structure of the judiciary in New Jersey was extremely complex, including Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes.
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, then the state's highest court, and also a member of the State board of pardons from 1873 until his death in Lambertville on April 3, 1880.
Death
He died in 1880 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Lambertville.
External links
Samuel Lillyat
The Political Graveyard
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1816 births
1880 deaths
19th-century American diplomats
Mayors of places in New Jersey
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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
19th-century American politicians
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