Samuel S. Yoder
Samuel S. Yoder | |
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Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives | |
In office December 8, 1891 – August 7, 1893 | |
Leader | Charles Frederick Crisp |
Preceded by | Adoniram J. Holmes |
Succeeded by | Herman W. Snow |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | |
Preceded by | Charles M. Anderson |
Succeeded by | Martin K. Gantz |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, Ohio | August 16, 1841
Died | May 11, 1921 Washington, D.C. | (aged 79)
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Wooster College University of Michigan |
Samuel S. Yoder (August 16, 1841 – May 11, 1921) was an American Civil War veteran and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1887 to 1891.
Biography
[edit]Born in Berlin, Ohio, Yoder attended the common schools, Wooster (Ohio) University, and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Civil War
[edit]During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army in the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, beginning April 19, 1862. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and served until the end of the war. After the war, he studied medicine and practiced in Bluffton, Ohio, where he served as mayor from 1868 to 1878.
Political career
[edit]Yoder moved to Lima, Ohio, in 1878, and began to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Lima. He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee from 1883 to 1885, and as judge of the probate court of Allen County from February 1882 to October 1886, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.
Yoder was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.
Later career and death
[edit]He served as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives from December 8, 1891, to August 7, 1893. He continued the practice of law and also engaged in the real estate business in Washington, D.C., until his death. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
See also
[edit]References
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- United States Congress. "Samuel S. Yoder (id: Y000020)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-11
- Samuel S. Yoder at Find a Grave
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- 1841 births
- 1921 deaths
- Sergeants at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
- University of Michigan alumni
- Union Army officers
- Ohio state court judges
- People from Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio
- People from Bluffton, Ohio
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Ohio lawyers
- Mayors of places in Ohio
- College of Wooster alumni
- People of Ohio in the American Civil War
- Physicians from Ohio
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio