History of Gallatin County Illinois United States of America

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Samuel S. Marshall, representative, was born in Gallatin county, Ill., March 18, 1821; son of Daniel and Sophia (Walker) Marshall, natives of Ireland, who settled in Illinois early in the 19th century. He attended Cumberland college, Ky., was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practised in McLeansboro, Ill. He was a representative in the Illinois legislature in 1847; state's attorney for the 3d judicial circuit of Illinois, 1847-49, and judge of the 7th judicial circuit, 1851-54. He was a Democratic representative from the ninth Illinois district in the 34th and 35th congresses, 1855-59. His seat in the 34th congress was unsuccessfully contested under the clause in the state constitution, declaring all judges in the state ineligible to any other office, state or federal, during the term for which they were elected and for one year after. He was judge of the 12th Illinois circuit, 1861-64; and again represented his district in the 39th, 40th, 41st, 42d and 43d congresses, serving 1865-75. He was a delegate from the state at large to the Democratic national conventions of 1860 and 1864, and to the Loyalists' convention, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1866. He received the entire Democratic vote of the joint assembly of the Illinois legislature for U.S. senator in 1861, and the Democratic vote of the U.S. house of representatives for speaker of that body in 1867, and was president of the board of managers of Hamilton college, 1875-80. He never married. He died in Hamilton county, Ill., July 26, 1890.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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