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Samuel Caruthers

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Samuel Caruthers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 7th district
In office
March 3, 1853 – March 4, 1859
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byJohn William Noell
Personal details
Born(1820-10-13)October 13, 1820
Madison County, Missouri
DiedJuly 20, 1860(1860-07-20) (aged 39)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
PartyWhig (before 1857)
Democratic (after 1857)
OccupationLawyer and politician

Samuel Caruthers (October 13, 1820 – July 20, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born in Madison County, Missouri, Caruthers graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fredericktown, Missouri. He moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1844. Congressman Caruthers held several local offices prior to being elected to the U.S. Congress.

Caruthers was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress. He was reelected as a Whig candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857).[1] Caruthers changed political party membership again and was reelected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, July 20, 1860.

Caruthersville, Missouri, was named in his honor.[2]

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  1. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. p. 170. ISBN 978-0786402830.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 70.

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