Samuel S. Slater

Samuel S. Slater (1900)

Samuel Scott Slater (January 24, 1870 – November 17, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on January 24, 1870, New York City, the son of Samuel Maclean Slater and Jane (Scott) Slater. He attended the public schools. Then he worked as a messenger in a law office. In 1890, he entered Cornell University, and earned the money for his tuition by being the Cornell correspondent for the Philadelphia Press, the Chicago Tribune, the New York World and the New York Recorder. He graduated B.L. and LL.B. in 1894. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City. On June 30, 1896, he married Caroline Ingersoll Adsitt (born 1869) who had graduated Ph.B. from Cornell in 1891. They had two daughters.^[1]

Slater was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 31st D.) in 1899. In November 1899, Slater ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Edward C. Stone who died on December 8. Slater was elected on January 23, 1900, to fill the vacancy in the 123rd New York State Legislature.^[2] He was a member of the New York State Senate (19th D.) in 1901 and 1902.^[3]

In 1903, he published with G. W. Alger A Treatise on the New York Employers' Liability Act.

He died on November 17, 1916, at his home at 259 West 92nd Street in Manhattan.^[4]

Sources

1. Cornell University: A History compiled by Frank R. Holmes & Lewis A. Williams Jr. (Vol. 4, 1905; pg. 502)
2. SLATER IS ASSEMBLYMAN in the New York Times on January 24, 1900
3. Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 340, 342 and 365)
4. EX-SENATOR SLATER DEAD in the New York Times on November 20, 1916