Samuel Lahm

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Samuel Lahm (April 22 1812 – June 16 1876) was a lawyer politician and U.S. Representative from Ohio. He was the father of Frank Samuel Lahm a noted expatriate and pioneer balloonist and the grandfather of Brigadier General Frank Purdy Lahm aerial pioneer student of the Wright brothers and the first military officer to fly an airplane. He married Almira Brown of New Hampshire and was related by marriage to Daniel Webster.

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active years end date

1844-12-01, 1849-03-03

active years start date

1842-12-05, 1847-03-04

birth date

1812-04-22

birth place

Leitersburg Maryland

death date

1876-06-16

death place

Canton Ohio

party

Democratic Party (United States)

region

Ohio, Stark County Ohio, Ohio's 18th congressional district

resting place

West Lawn Cemetery