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Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (died 1891)

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Born
January 3, 1816
Died
August 27, 1891
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1816

About Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. He served in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy also served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A Republican, he also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas, from 1858 to 1859, the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864. On April 4, 1861, the Kansas legislature elected Pomeroy (along with James Lane) to be one of Kansas's first federal senators. Pomeroy opposed the politics of slavery, and in 1854 he became an affiliate of the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

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Samuel C. Pomeroy timeline

  1. Pomeroy opposed the politics of slavery, and in 1854 he became an affiliate of the New England Emigrant Aid Company.
  2. On April 4, 1861, the Kansas legislature elected Pomeroy (along with James Lane) to be one of Kansas's first federal senators.
  3. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864.

The world when Samuel C. Pomeroy was born

Samuel C. Pomeroy was born in 1816. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1816

  • Best-selling bookFrankenstein conceived during gloomy summer

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYear Without a Summer — crop failures worldwide
  • Technology milestoneStethoscope invented by René Laennec
  • World population~980M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.5M

1816 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Samuel C. Pomeroy's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18162026
Population8.5M341 million

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