Samuel Partridge (November 29, 1790 – March 30, 1883) was an American politician who served as a

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from

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from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in

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, Partridge received a limited schooling. During the War of 1812 enlisted as a private in the Vermont Militia. Later appointed a captain of Engineers in the Regular Army. He served two terms as high sheriff of Windsor County. He moved to New York and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Cold Spring in 1820. He moved to

Chemung County, New York Chemung County is a county in the southern tier of the U.S. state of New York. The population was 84,148 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Elmira. Its name is derived from a Delaware Indian village whose name meant "big horn". Chemun ...

, in 1830 and to Elmira in 1837 and again engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Congress

Partridge was elected as a

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to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

Later career and death

He engaged in agricultural pursuits and the real estate business. He died in

Elmira, New York Elmira () is a city and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. The population was 26,523 at the 2020 cens ...

, March 30, 1883. He was interred in Second Street Cemetery.

Sources

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