Samuel T. Worcester
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Biography
Born in Hollis, New Hampshire, to the large Worcester family. His siblings included Henry Aiken Worcester.[1] Worcester attended Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, and graduated from Harvard University in 1830. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and began practice in Norwalk, Ohio. He served as member of the Ohio State Senate in 1849 and 1850, and served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1859 and 1860.
Congress
Worcester was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sherman and served from July 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.
Later career and death
He resumed the practice of law and engaged in literary pursuits. He died in Nashua, New Hampshire, on December 6, 1882. He was interred in the South Cemetery, Hollis, New Hampshire.
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- 1804 births
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- People from Hollis, New Hampshire
- People from Norwalk, Ohio
- Harvard University alumni
- Ohio lawyers
- Republican Party Ohio state senators
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly