Samuel Williams Inge (February 22, 1817 – June 10, 1868) was an American politician and a member of the

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from

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Early life

Samuel Williams Inge was born on February 22, 1817, in

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. He moved to

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, attended the public schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the

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Career

Inge commenced practice in Livingston, Alabama in

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. He was a member of the

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in 1844 and 1845. He was elected as a

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to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses. He served from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. During the Thirty-first Congress, he was chairman of the

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. He participated in a duel with

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, a Representative from North Carolina, in Bladensburg near

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, but neither was seriously injured. He resumed the practice of law and was appointed by President

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as a

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for the

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on April 1, 1853. Samuel Williams Inge led the California delegation to the 1856 National Democratic Convention in Cincinnati, casting all of California's votes for James Buchanan to be President and for the Democratic party to endorse the establishment of a safe and speedy communication throughout California between the East and West Coasts.Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention Held in Cincinnati June 2–6, 1856

Death

Inge died in

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on June 10, 1868. He was originally interred at Calvary Cemetery before being moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in

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1817 births 1868 deaths Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California) Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives United States Attorneys for the Northern District of California American duellists Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians {{alabama-politician-stub