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DANA, Samuel Whittlesey (1760-1830)

Federalist of Connecticut

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1809-1821

Served in House 1795-1811

Total roll-call votes cast: 1,670

Biography

A Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Wallingford, Conn., February 13, 1760; pursued academic studies and graduated from Yale College in 1775; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1778 and practiced in Middletown, Conn.; member, State general assembly 1789-1796; elected to the Fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Uriah Tracy and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1797, to May 10, 1810, when he resigned to become Senator; chairman, Committee on Elections (Sixth Congress); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee; elected as a Federalist in 1810 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Hillhouse; reelected in 1815 and served from December 4, 1810, to March 3, 1821; mayor of Middletown, Conn., from 1822 until his death; presiding judge of the Middlesex County Court from 1825 until his death in Middletown on July 21, 1830; interment in Washington Street Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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