Samuel Steel Blair | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | John R. Edie |
| Succeeded by | James T. Hale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1821 Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 8, 1890 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Republican |
Samuel Steel Blair (December 5, 1821 – December 8, 1890) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.[1][2]
During the American Civil War, he called for increasingly harsh treatment against the southern states which had seceded from the Union, saying: "This rebellion cannot be put down by soft words and lenient measures."[3]
- ^ "Blair, Samuel Steel," in Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. House of Representatives, retrieved online February 23, 2019.
- ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Blair, Samuel Steel." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, retrieved online February 23, 2019.
- ^ Masur, Louis P. Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union, p. 63. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.