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Harris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hartman.html#916.35.25">Charles Sampson Hartman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkinson-hormann.html#493.17.23">Sampson W. Hopper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howarth-howe.html#972.35.88">Samuel Sampson Howe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#011.14.21">Herbert Augustus Hulet</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson8.html#634.62.67">Sampson Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#932.97.58">Samuel S. Kenworthy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#589.11.22">Avis Lavelle-Sampson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marks.html#771.17.09">Sampson Marks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#441.21.46">Sampson N. Miller</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norval-nova.html#496.50.67">Richard Sampson Norval</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#623.21.45">Sampson Perkins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#914.31.79">Fred Sampson Purnell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#572.25.62">Levi Sampson Rice</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russell8.html#983.22.18">Sampson C. Russell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snyder.html#477.63.77">Sampson Snyder</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sampson, A. J.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#113.21.24">Archibald Johnson Sampson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="853.38.49">Sampson, Amelia</a></b> — of Cheshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Cheshire, 1934, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="633.95.30">Sampson, Anthony</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WS-lived.html">Waseca County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 13, 1877. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="113.21.24">Sampson, Archibald Johnson</a> (1839-1921)</b> — also known as <b>Archibald J. Sampson</b>; <b>A. J. Sampson</b> — of Sedalia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PE-lived.html">Pettis County</a>, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born near Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HS-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-21.html">June 21, 1839</a>. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/attygn.html">Colorado state attorney general</a>, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-diplomats.html ">Ecuador</a>, 1897-1905. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">acute nephritis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/12-24.html">December 24, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 186 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/de-buried.html#cms00495">Riverside Cemetery</a>, Denver, Colo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Kate I. Turner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/">1891</a> to Frances S. Wood.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sampson-archibald-johnson ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="562.06.52">Sampson, Ashley</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Monroe County, 1844. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="164.74.99">Sampson, B.</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 41, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="999.39.22">Sampson, Clark H.</a></b> — Republican. Chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896 /committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>, Republican National Convention, 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="980.34.30">Sampson, Daniel B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="140.83.20">Sampson, DeMetris</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="773.03.15">Sampson, E. K.</a></b> — of Minnesota. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Minnesota</a>, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="959.11.29">Sampson, Edith S.</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/IL.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="084.27.89">Sampson, Ernesto</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/VA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="256.56.75">Sampson, Ezekiel Silas</a> (1831-1892)</b> — also known as <b>Ezekiel S. Sampson</b> — of Sigourney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KE-lived.html">Keokuk County</a>, Iowa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HU-born.html">Huron County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/12-06.html">December 6, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; district judge in Iowa 6th District, 1867-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Iowa</a> 6th District, 1875-79. Died in Sigourney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KE-died.html">Keokuk County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/10-07.html">October 7, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 306 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/KE-buried.html#cms01856">Prairie Grove Cemetery</a>, Sigourney, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mary Polly (Merrifield) Sampson and Ezekiel Sampson.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000025">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409544">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel S. Sampson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6659509">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sampson, Flem D.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#931.84.21">Flemon Davis Sampson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="931.84.21">Sampson, Flemon Davis</a> (1875-1967)</b> — also known as <b>Flem D. Sampson</b> — of Barbourville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Ky. Born near London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LA-born.html">Laurel County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/01-25.html">January 25, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-officials.html">Knox County Judge</a>, 1906-10; district judge in Kentucky 34th District, 1912-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals</a>, 1917-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1927-31; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/KY.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/KY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KY.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/05-25.html">May 25, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KX-buried.html#cms00967">Barbourville Cemetery</a>, Barbourville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Joseph Sampson and Emoline (Kellums) Sampson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-20.html">September 20, 1897</a>, to Susie Steele.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/flem-davis-sampson/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="893.50.21">Sampson, Floyd G.</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 1st District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="381.64.68">Sampson, Frank J.</a></b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sampson, Frank S.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#876.72.41">Franklin S. Sampson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="876.72.41">Sampson, Franklin S.</a></b> — also known as <b>Frank S. Sampson</b> — of Penn Yan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/YA-lived.html">Yates County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Yates County, 1923. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="352.53.43">Sampson, Garry</a></b> — of Lehi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/lehi.html">mayor of Lehi, Utah</a>, 1983. Still living as of 1983. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="180.11.68">Sampson, George R.</a></b> — of Middleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a> Seventh Plymouth District, 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.88.59">Sampson, Isidor</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-lived.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ulster County 1st District, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="129.10.43">Sampson, J. E.</a></b> — of Kentucky. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 11th District, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="460.85.00">Sampson, Jacob N.</a></b> — of Adrian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/LE-lived.html">Lenawee County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/adrian.html">Mayor of Adrian, Mich.</a>, 1903; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 39th Circuit, 1927-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="435.15.26">Sampson, Jessica</a></b> — Socialist. Young Socialist Alliance candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arizona</a> 2nd District, 1982. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="803.30.67">Sampson, John L.</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 19th District; elected 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="965.72.11">Sampson, John R.</a></b> — of Bennettsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MR-lived.html">Marlboro County</a>, S.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/bennettsville.html#2">Bennettsville, S.C.</a>, 1878-81. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="330.89.86">Sampson, Julian E.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 12th District, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="073.98.71">Sampson, Lammon E.</a></b> — of Tacoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/PI-lived.html">Pierce County</a>, Wash. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/tacoma.html#2">Tacoma, Wash.</a>, 1884-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbgGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA257"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/137/32.26.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Nicholas Sampson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="137.32.26">Sampson, Nicholas</a> (b. 1844)</b> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/LK-lived.html">Lake County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-05.html">January 5, 1844</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 19th District, 1901-04. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="385.70.61">Sampson, Oscar C.</a></b> — of Marysville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/OH.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="706.68.39">Sampson, Steven</a></b> — of Nevada. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/NV.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="932.02.46">Sampson, Warner J.</a></b> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="186.14.71">Sampson, William</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GO-lived.html">Goochland County</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cnrt.html">Delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a> from Goochland County, 1788. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="401.19.97">Sampson, William</a></b> — of Middlesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BE-lived.html">Bell County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/KY.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="615.65.17">Sampson, William</a></b> — of Wilton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Maine. Libertarian. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maine. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="494.61.35">Sampson, William J., Jr.</a></b> — of Youngstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MA-lived.html">Mahoning County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="286.92.81">Sampson, William Wallace</a> (1841-1924)</b> — also known as <b>William W. Sampson</b> — of Malden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass.; Turner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-lived.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine. Born in Turner, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/09-12.html">September 12, 1841</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/malden.html#2">Malden, Mass.</a>, 1890-99. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Middleboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-died.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/02-23.html">February 23, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-buried.html# ">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Weymouth, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elisha Sampson and Sylvia (Gurney) Sampson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/10-05.html">October 5, 1864</a>, to Loreta Adelaide Loud; married to Emma B. Reed.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95155555">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="231.61.12">Sampson, Zabdiel</a> (1781-1828)</b> — of Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-lived.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass. Born in Plympton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-born.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/08-22.html">August 22, 1781</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 8th District, 1817-20; resigned 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/MAcc nPLY">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1820-28; died in office 1828. Died in Plymouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/PL-died.html">Plymouth County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/07-19.html">July 19, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 332 days</a>). 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