Samuel Bernard Dick was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Biography

Samuel B. Dick (son of John Dick

John Dick (US Congressman)

John Dick .He had a varied career before entering Congress, rising to Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania Militia, establishing the J&JR Dick Banking House, and serving as Pennsylvania State Court Judge. Elected to represent two different Pennsylvania Districts in the United States House of...

) was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville, Pennsylvania

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, where he attended the public schools and later Allegheny College

Allegheny College

Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville. Founded in 1815, the college has about 2,100 undergraduate students.-Early history:...

. Before the Civil War

American Civil War

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, he was engaged in banking.

During the war, Dick was in command of Company F, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Dranesville

Battle of Dranesville

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, on December 20, 1861. He subsequently served as colonel of the regiment until February 1863, when he resigned. He then commanded the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and proceeded to Newcreek, West Virginia, in July 1863.

He served as mayor of Meadville in 1870. Dick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth

46th United States Congress

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 Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1880

United States House election, 1880

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. He was a delegate at the 1900 Republican National Convention

1900 Republican National Convention

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 and an alternate in 1904

1904 Republican National Convention

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. He served as president of the Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co. until April 1900. He was also president of Phoenix Iron Works Co. He died in Meadville in 1907. Interment in Greendale Cemetery.