American politician
Samuel Addison Oliver
(July 21, 1833 – July 7, 1912) was an
American pioneer
, lawyer, judge, and politician from western
Iowa
.
He was born near
Washington
,
Washington County, Pennsylvania
, in 1834, and received a classical education at the common schools and West Alexandria Academy.
[1]
He graduated from Washington College in
Washington, Pennsylvania
(now
Washington & Jefferson College
) in 1850.
[2]
He taught school for two years in
Arkansas
, returning to Pennsylvania to study
law
. He married Hannah Towne on January 1, 1854. He was admitted to the
bar
, and moved to Iowa in 1857, taking up his residence at
Onawa
, in
Monona County
, where he began practice law. He was county supervisor in 1861, and served as
provost marshal
during the
Civil War
.
[1]
Oliver was elected to the
Iowa House of Representatives
of the Tenth
Iowa General Assembly
in 1863, to represent the district composed of the counties of
Carroll
,
Crawford
,
Monona
and
Sac
.
[2]
He was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention
in 1864.
[1]
He became a prominent member of the Iowa House, and at the close of his term was elected to the
Iowa Senate
for the Forty-fifth District, composed of fifteen counties in the northwestern part of the State, serving from 1865 to 1867.
[1]
He was then chosen as
circuit judge
, and was twice re-elected, serving from 1868 to 1875.
In 1874 he was elected as a Republican to represent
Iowa's 9th congressional district
in the
United States House of Representatives
.
[2]
After serving in the
44th United States Congress
, he was re-elected in 1876 to a two-year second term, then served in the
45th United States Congress
. In all, he served in Congress from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879.
[1]
Oliver was
mayor
of Onawa several times. He became one of the most extensive farmers in western Iowa after retiring from public life.
[2]
Addison and Hannah Oliver had ten children, one of whom,
Cyrus G. Oliver
, became a member of the Iowa General Assembly.
[3]
He died in Onawa, and was interred in Onawa Cemetery.
[1]
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