Samuel Myron Brainerd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Myron Brainerd

American politician

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1842

Place of Birth: Albion, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1898

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Samuel Myron Brainerd (November 13, 1842 – November 21, 1898) was a Republican member of the U.S.
House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Samuel M.
Brainerd was born in Albion, Pennsylvania.
He attended the public schools, Edinboro Normal School, and University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in North East, Pennsylvania.
He served as district attorney of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1872 to 1875.
He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1874 and continued the practice of law.
He was chairman of the Republican county committee in 1880. Brainerd was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884.
He resumed the practice of law in Erie and died there in 1898.
Interment in Erie Cemetery.