Biography of Judge Green B. Samuels
Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals





Samuels, Green B., was born in Shenandoah county, February 1, 1806, and studied law under Judge Henry St. George Tucker, in Winchester. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty sixth Congress, March 4, 1839-March 4, 1843. In 1852 he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals by popular vote, in pursuance of the constitution adopted by the convention of 1850-51. He died January 5, 1859, in Richmond, Virginia.


FROM:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Volume II
By: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D.
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York 1915



Privacy Policy for OnlineBiographies

NAVIGATION

Virginia Biographies

Vol. 2 Prominent Persons in Virginia

Vol. 2 Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals

Vol. 2 United States Senators

Online
Biographies

Pennsylvania
Histories

For all your genealogy needs visit Linkpendium