Samuel Hays (Pennsylvania politician)

This article is about the Pennsylvanian politician. For the Virginian politician, see Samuel Lewis Hays.

Samuel Hays

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	William W. Irwin
Succeeded by	William Swan Garvin
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1822 1839
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1813 1816 1823 1825
Personal details
Born	(1783-09-10)September 10, 1783 County Donegal, Ireland
Died	July 1, 1868(1868-07-01) (aged 84) Franklin, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

Samuel Hays (September 10, 1783 – July 1, 1868) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Samuel Hays was born in County Donegal, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his mother, and settled in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1792. He served as treasurer of Venango County, Pennsylvania in 1808. He was elected sheriff of Venango County in 1808, 1820, 1829, and in 1833. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1813, 1816; 1823, and 1825, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1822 and 1839. He was a member of the board of trustees of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, from 1837 to 1861. He served as brigadier general, commanding the First Brigade, Seventeenth Division, Pennsylvania State Militia, from 1841 to 1843.

Hays was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He was engaged in iron manufactures, operating furnaces on French Creek, near Franklin. He was appointed in 1847 marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania. He served as associate judge of the district court in 1856. He died in Franklin in 1868, interment in Old Town Cemetery and reinterment in New Franklin Cemetery.

Hays' son, Major General Alexander Hays, was a noteworthy Union Army officer during the US Civil War and close personal friend of Ulysses S. Grant.

Sources

United States Congress. "Samuel Hays (id: H000406)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William W. Irwin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1843 - 1845	Succeeded by William S. Garvin

Features of Venango County, Pennsylvania

People	Charles Almanzo Babcock Orrin Dubbs Bleakley John Wilkes Booth Mai Rogers Coe Cornplanter William Holmes Crosby Charles Vernon Culver Hildegarde Dolson William L. Durkin Albert Gallatin Egbert Frank Evans Gabby Gabreski John Galbraith Leon H. Gavin Calvin Willard Gilfillan Alexander Hays Samuel Hays Stevin Hoover John W. Howe Shauna Howe Willis James Hulings Chris Kirkpatrick Johnny Appleseed Kathryn Kuhlman Rolland Lawrence Ted Marchibroda Alexander McDowell James H. Osmer Spencer Peterson Arnold Plumer Jesse L. Reno Abbie G. Rogers Henry H. Rogers Milton William Shreve Joseph C. Sibley Dave Smalley Peter Moore Speer Tubby Spencer Ida M. Tarbell John Wesley Van Dyke Howard Zahniser

Geography	Allegheny River Clear Creek State Forest Cornplanter State Forest East Sandy Creek French Creek Oil Creek

History	Drake's Well Fort Franklin Fort Le Boeuf Fort Machault Fort Venango McClintocksville Petroleum industry Pithole Pontiac's Rebellion USS Venango Wamsutta Oil Refinery National Register of Historic Places

Industry	Joy Mining Machinery Pennzoil Quaker State

Attractions	Applefest Custaloga Town DeBence Antique Music World Drake Well Museum Oil Creek State Park Oil Region Astronomical Observatory Franklin Silver Cornet Band Venango Regional Airport

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