Samuel Myron Brainerd

Republican Representative of Pennsylvania's 27th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1842 (56 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1898

Death

Served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.
Represented the 29th congressional district of Pennsylvania as a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Albion, Pennsylvania, and educated at public schools, Edinboro Normal School, and the University of Michigan Law School.
Admitted to the bar in 1869 and began practicing law in North East, Pennsylvania.
Served as district attorney of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1872 to 1875.
Elected chairman of the Republican county committee in 1880.
His congressional term began on March 4, 1883, and ended on March 3, 1885; he was not renominated in 1884.
After his congressional service, he returned to practicing law in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Married with four children.
Died at the age of 56 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and was interred in Erie Cemetery.