Samuel Wallin (July 31, 1856 – December 1, 1917) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Born in
Easton, Pennsylvania
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, Wallin moved with his parents to
Amsterdam, New York
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, in 1864. He attended the public schools and Amsterdam Academy. He engaged in the manufacture of carpets and rugs.
He served as
alderman
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(1889–1892). He was the Mayor of Amsterdam, N.Y. (1900–1901) and a delegate to the
1916 Republican National Convention
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.
Wallin was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.
He resumed his business activities in Amsterdam, where he died December 1, 1917. He was interred in
Green Hill Cemetery.
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1856 births
1917 deaths
Politicians from Easton, Pennsylvania
People from Amsterdam, New York
American people of Swedish descent
Mayors of places in New York (state)
Businesspeople from New York (state)
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century mayors of places in New York (state)
19th-century American businesspeople
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives