{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Samuel Comstock |office=Member of the<br/>Connecticut House of Representatives<br/>from Norwalk<ref name="ahd">[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref> |term_start=October 1711 |term_end=May 1712 |predecessor=Samuel Hanford |alongside=Joseph Platt |successor= |term_start2=October 1714 |term_end2=May 1715 |predecessor2=Samuel Hanford,<br/>Samuel Kellogg |alongside2=Joseph Platt |successor2=John Betts,<br/>John Read |term_start3=May 1720 |term_end3=October 1720 |predecessor3=Joseph Platt,<br/>Samuel Hanford |alongside3=Samuel Hanford |successor3=Joseph Platt,<br/>James Brown |term_start4=October 1723 |term_end4=May 1724 |predecessor4= |alongside4=James Lockwood |successor4=Eliphalet Lockwood,<br/>Matthew Gregory |term_start5=October 1725 |term_end5=May 1726 |predecessor5=John Benedict |alongside5=Joseph Platt |successor5=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |term_start6=October 1726 |term_end6=May 1727 |predecessor6=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |alongside6=Joseph Platt |successor6=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |term_start7=October 1727 |term_end7=May 1728 |predecessor7=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |alongside7=Joseph Platt |successor7=Joseph Platt,<br/>Benjamin Hickox |term_start8=October 1728 |term_end8=May 1729 |predecessor8=Joseph Platt,<br/>Benjamin Hickox |alongside8=Joseph Platt |successor8=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |term_start9=October 1729 |term_end9=May 1730 |predecessor9=James Lockwood,<br/>Thomas Fitch |alongside9=Joseph Platt |successor9=Thomas Fitch,<br/>Joseph Birchard |term_start10=October 1730 |term_end10=May 1731 |predecessor10=Thomas Fitch,<br/>Joseph Birchard |alongside10=Joseph Platt |successor10=Joseph Platt |birth_date={{birth date|1680|02|06}}<ref name="acg">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rzoJAwAAQBAJ&dq=samuel%20comstock%20&pg=PA14 A Comstock Genealogy]</ref><ref name="ahr">[https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel%20Comstock&pg=PA195 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref> |birth_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |death_date={{death date and age|1752|10|26|1680|02|06}}<ref name="acg"/> |death_place=Norwalk, Connecticut Colony |resting_place=East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut |spouse=Sarah Hanford (daughter of Reverend Thomas Hanford, m. December 27, 1705)<ref name="acg"/><ref name="ahr"/> |children=Sarah Comstock Betts, Samuel Comstock, Jr., Mary Comstock Trowbridge,<ref name="ahr"/> Nathan Comstock, Lydia Comstock, Daniel Comstock, David Comstock<ref name="acg"/> |rank=Captain (May 1730)<ref name="acg"/> |unit=South Company at Norwalk<ref name="acg"/> }}
'''Samuel Comstock''' (February 6, 1680 – October 26, 1752) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1711, October 1714, May 1720, October 1723, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, October 1728, October 1729, and October 1730.
He was the son of Christopher Comstock and Hannah Platt.<ref name="ahr"/>
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