Samuel Badger (December 6, 1786 – March 14, 1866) was an American politician. Badger was born in

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, December 6, 1786. He graduated from

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in 1805. He read law in the office of

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, Esq., of

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, and was admitted to the bar in 1809. Notwithstanding his youth, he received in 1814, from Governor

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, the appointment of Associate Judge of the

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. He retained this office but little more than a year, accepting from the same Governor the office of

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, which he held for twenty-five years. He died in Philadelphia, March 14, 1866, aged 79 years. He left a widow.

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