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Samuel G Hilborn

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Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Resigned
  
March 3, 1899

Succeeded by
  
Warren B. English

Party
  
Preceded by
  
Role
  
U.S. representative

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Samuel Hilborn


Samuel G. Hilborn

Born
  
December 9, 1834Minot, Maine (
1834-12-09
)

Died
  
April 19, 1899, Washington, D.C., United States

Samuel Greeley Hilborn (December 9, 1834 – April 19, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from California.

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Early life

Born in Minot, Androscoggin (then Cumberland) County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1859. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He moved to California, Vallejo, Solano County, and engaged in the practice of law.

Career

He served in the State senate 1875-1879. He served as member of the constitutional convention in 1879. He moved to San Francisco, California, in 1883. He was appointed by President Arthur United States district attorney for the district of California and served from 1883 to 1886. He moved to Oakland in 1887 and continued the practice of his profession.

Hilborn was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph McKenna. Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-third Congress and served from December 5, 1892, until April 4, 1894, when he was succeeded by Warren B. English, who contested his election.

Hilborn was elected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898.

Later life and death

He lived in retirement until his death in Washington, D.C., April 19, 1899. He was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

References

Samuel G. Hilborn Wikipedia


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