Samuel Stokely (January 25, 1796 – May 23, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in

Washington, Pennsylvania Washington is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania. A part of the Greater Pittsburgh area in the southwestern part of the state, the city is home to Washington & Jefferson College and Pony League baseball. The populat ...

, Stokely attended private schools. He was graduated from Washington College (now

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, in 1813. He studied law. He was

admitted to the bar An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...

and commenced practice in

Steubenville, Ohio Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Ohio River 33 miles west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 census. The city's name is derived from Fort Steuben, a ...

, in 1817. He was United States land receiver 1821–1833. He served as a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838. Stokely was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He resumed the practice of law in Steubenville, where he died May 23, 1861. He was interred in Union Cemetery. In April 1830, he married Rachel Mason. He purchased the Bezaleel Wells homestead, ''The Grove'', at a sheriff's sale, and he and his descendants lived there for sixty years. He was a general in the militia, and also married and was survived Mrs. Lowther and Mrs. Burton. He had four children.

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