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SAMUELS, Benjamin M.
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SAMUELS, Benjamin M. (Parksburg, WV, Dec. 20 1823--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 16, 1863). Samuels moved to Dubuque in 1848 and was soon elected city attorney. He was elected to the legislature in 1854 and three years later was nominated for governor. He served as a city alderman in Dubuque from 1855 to 1859.
In 1860 Samuels was an Iowa delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He presented a minority report endorsing the Democratic platform of 1856 on the subject of slavery. The minority report was adopted by a vote of one hundred and sixty-five to one hundred and thirty-eight. Following the vote, the delegates from Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Texas, and a portion of the delegates from Louisiana, South Carolina, Arkansas, North Carolina, Delaware and Georgia, withdrew from the convention. (1)
In 1860 William Vandever defeated Samuels to be re-elected to the United States Congress. (2)
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Source:
1. Gue, Benjamin F. History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Online: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_Iowa_From_the_Earliest_Times_to_the_Beginning_of_the_Twentieth_Century/2/3
2. "Restore St. Mary's Cemetery," Online: http://restorestmarys.org/Memorial%20Day%2004-05.html
