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SAMPSON, Zabdiel (1781-1828)

Democrat-Republican of Massachusetts

8th congressional district

Served in House 1817-1821

Total roll-call votes cast: 190

Biography

Representative from Massachusetts; born in Plympton, Mass., August 22, 1781; pursued classical studies and graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1803; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Plymouth; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, to July 26, 1820, when he resigned; appointed collector of customs at Plymouth, Mass., July 26, 1820, and served until his death there July 19, 1828; interment in Burial Hill Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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