RANDALL, Samuel Jackson (1828-1890)
Democrat of Pennsylvania 
3rd congressional district
Served in House 1863-1890
Biography
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 10, 1828; attended the common schools and the University Academy in Philadelphia; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the common council of Philadelphia, Pa., 1852-1855; member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1858-1859; served as a member of the First Troop of Philadelphia in 1861 and was in the Union Army three months of that year and again as captain in 1863; was promoted to provost marshal at Gettysburg; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served until his death (March 4, 1863-April 13, 1890); chair, Committee on Appropriations (Forty-fourth Congress, Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses); chair, Committee on Rules (Forty-sixth Congress); chair, Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-seventh Congress); Speaker of the House (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses); died in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1890; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Notice: By custom, the Speaker of the House rarely votes. Votes for RANDALL, Samuel Jackson may appear to be missing as a result.
