Samuel S. Whallon (April 20, 1804 Argyle,

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- July 6, 1858

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) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

About 1812. his family removed to

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. In 1834, he was one of the co-founders of the ''Mayville Sentinel'', but already the next year the newspaper was sold. He was a member of the

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( Chautauqua Co., 1st D.) in

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. He was a Canal Commissioner from 1856 until his death, elected at the

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on the American Party ticket. He died of

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Sources

Obit in NYT on July 8, 1858 {gives July 6 as death date]

Political Graveyard
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 248 and 315; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States: For 1857-1858''
compiled by Nathan Crosby (Phillips, Sampson and Co., 1859; page 377) ives July 6 as death date, and gives wrong election year for canal commissioner "1856" (he was elected in 1855)br>''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406) ives July 5 as death date {{DEFAULTSORT:Whallon, Samuel S 1804 births 1858 deaths People from Mayville, New York Erie Canal commissioners People from Argyle, New York Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Know Nothings Deaths from streptococcus infection 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature