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1880s US REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN ERIE COUNTY PA BRAINERD AUTOGRAPH SIGNED !

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  • Industry: Congressional
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  • Signed by: SAMUEL M BRAINERD-US CONGRESSMAN ERIE PA
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    Description

    SAMUEL MYRON BRAINERD
    (1842 – 1898)
    US REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 1883-1885,
    CHAIRMAN OF THE ERIE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE IN 1880
    &
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF ERIE COUNTY, PA 1872-1875.
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    HERE’S BRAINERD’S SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A 19
    th
    CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM and SIGNED:
    “S. M. Brainerd
    Erie
    Penna”
    The document measures 7” x 3¼” and is in very fine condition.
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    BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
    S. M. BRAINERD
    Samuel Myron Brainerd
    (November 13, 1842 – November 21, 1898) was a
    Republican
    member of the
    U.S. House of Representatives
    from
    Pennsylvania
    .
    Samuel M. Brainerd was born in
    Albion, Pennsylvania
    . He attended the public schools,
    Edinboro Normal School
    , and
    University of Michigan Law School
    in
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
    . He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in
    North East, Pennsylvania
    . He served as district attorney of
    Erie County, Pennsylvania
    , from 1872 to 1875. He moved to
    Erie, Pennsylvania
    , in 1874 and continued the practice of law. He was chairman of the Republican county committee in 1880.
    Brainerd was elected as a Republican to the
    Forty-eighth
    Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law in Erie and died there in 1898. Interment in
    Erie Cemetery
    (
    Sec. MM, Lot 58)
    .
    I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over twenty years.~
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