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Samuel Brenton (November 22, 1810 – March 29, 1857) was a
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from
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; born in
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. Attended the public schools; was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at
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., in 1834 because of ill health, and studied law; member of the
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in the
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(1838–1841); in 1841, returned to the ministry and served at Crawfordsville, Perryville, Lafayette, and finally at
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, where he suffered a paralytic stroke in 1848 and was compelled to abandon his ministerial duties; appointed register of the land office at Fort Wayne on May 2, 1849, and served until July 31, 1851, when he resigned; elected as a Whig to the
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(March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the
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; elected as an Indiana People's Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth United States Congress; elected as a Republican to the
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and served from March 4, 1855, until his death in Fort Wayne, Indiana; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery. He was replaced by Charles Case in a special election to finish out his term.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brenton, Samuel 1810 births 1857 deaths People from Gallatin County, Kentucky Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives People from Danville, Indiana American Methodist clergy 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly