Samuel C. Pomeroy | |
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| United States Senator from Kansas | |
| In office April 4, 1861 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | None (statehood) |
| Succeeded by | John J. Ingalls |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Southampton | |
| In office 1852–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Chauncy Clapp |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Clarke Pomeroy January 3, 1816 Southampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 27, 1891 (aged 75) Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Gaylord (m. April 23, 1846–1863 her death), Martha Stanwood Mann Whiting (m. September 20, 1866–1891) |
| Education | Amherst College |
| Profession | Politician, Teacher, Railroad President |
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. He served in the United States Senate during the American Civil War.[1] Pomeroy also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A Republican, he also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas, from 1858 to 1859,[1] the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864.[2]
- ^ a b "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–Present". Retrieved July 5, 2005.
- ^ Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.