Life span: 03/20/1811 to 04/05/1872TabsLife SummaryFull name: Samuel GallowayPlace of Birth: Gettysburg, PABurial Place: Columbus, OHBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateEducation: OtherOther Education: Miami (Ohio)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeEducatorRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: WhigOtherOther Political Party: OppositionGovernment: Lincoln Administration (1861-65)Johnson Administration (1865-69)US House of RepresentativesOther state government Note Cards Samuel Galloway (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceGALLOWAY, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; born in Gettysburg, Pa., March 20, 1811; attended the public schools; moved to Ohio and settled in Highland County in 1830; graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1833; attended Princeton Theological Seminary in 1835 and 1836; taught school in Hamilton, Ohio, 1836 and 1837, at Miami University in 1837 and 1838, and Hanover College, Indiana, in 1839 and 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio; secretary of state in 1844; moved to Columbus in 1844; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress and for election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; during the Civil War appointed judge advocate of Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, by President Lincoln; appointed by President Johnson to investigate conditions in the South during the period of reconstruction; died in Columbus, Ohio, April 5, 1872; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. "Galloway, Samuel," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000027. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 03/20/1811 03/20/1811 Samuel Galloway is born in Gettysburg, Pennslyvania 03/04/1855 03/03/1857 Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 05/29/1863 05/29/1863 In Ohio, a massive Union meeting at Mount Vernon in Knox County reaffirms Ohio's loyalty 04/05/1872 04/05/1872 Samuel Galloway dies in Columbus, Ohio Major TopicsLincoln-Douglas Debates Documents Addressee Docs Date Title 07/28/1859 Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, July 28, 1859 03/24/1860 Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, March 24, 1860 06/19/1860 Abraham Lincoln to Samuel Galloway, June 19, 1860 Images Samuel Galloway, detail Bibliography
Samuel Galloway (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceGALLOWAY, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio; born in Gettysburg, Pa., March 20, 1811; attended the public schools; moved to Ohio and settled in Highland County in 1830; graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1833; attended Princeton Theological Seminary in 1835 and 1836; taught school in Hamilton, Ohio, 1836 and 1837, at Miami University in 1837 and 1838, and Hanover College, Indiana, in 1839 and 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio; secretary of state in 1844; moved to Columbus in 1844; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress and for election in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; during the Civil War appointed judge advocate of Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, by President Lincoln; appointed by President Johnson to investigate conditions in the South during the period of reconstruction; died in Columbus, Ohio, April 5, 1872; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. "Galloway, Samuel," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000027.
