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American judge
Samuel Eddy
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In office
1827?1835
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Preceded by
| Isaac Wilbour
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Succeeded by
| Job Durfee
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In office
March 4, 1819 ? March 3, 1825
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Preceded by
| John Linscom Boss, Jr.
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Succeeded by
| Tristam Burges
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In office
1798?1819
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Preceded by
| Henry Ward
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Succeeded by
| Henry Bowen
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Born
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1769-03-31
)
March 31, 1769
Johnston
,
Rhode Island Colony
,
British America
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Died
| February 3, 1839
(1839-02-03)
(aged 69)
Providence
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Rhode Island
,
U.S.
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Resting place
| North Burial Ground, Providence
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Political party
| Democratic-Republican
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Adams-Clay Republican
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Alma mater
| Brown University
, 1787
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Signature
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Samuel Eddy
(March 31, 1769 – February 3, 1839) was a
U.S. Representative
from
Rhode Island
. Born
Johnston
in the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
, Eddy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from
Brown University
in 1787. He studied law, was
admitted to the bar
in 1790 and practiced a short time in Providence. He served as clerk of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
from 1790 to 1793. He also served as
Rhode Island Secretary of State
from 1798 to 1819.
Eddy was elected as
Democratic-Republican
to the
Sixteenth
and
Seventeenth
Congresses, and reelected as an
Adams-Clay Republican
to the
Eighteenth Congress
(March 4, 1819 ? March 3, 1825). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the
Nineteenth Congress
and for election in 1828 to the
Twenty-first Congress
. He served as associate justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court
in 1826 and 1827, and served as
chief justice
1827 to 1835. Eddy wrote the Court's first published decision,
Stoddard v. Martin
in 1828. Eddy died in
Providence, Rhode Island
, February 3, 1839, and was interred in North Burial Ground.
He was elected a member of the
American Antiquarian Society
in 1819.
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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