# Samuel Riker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Riker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Riker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Riker > Source revision: 1354349474 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |image= | office = Member of the
[U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives)
from [New York](/source/New_York_(state))'s [1st](/source/New_York's_1st_congressional_district) district | term_start = March 4, 1807 | term_end = March 3, 1809 | predecessor = [Eliphalet Wickes](/source/Eliphalet_Wickes) | successor = [Ebenezer Sage](/source/Ebenezer_Sage) | term_start1 = November 5, 1804 | term_end1 = March 3, 1805 | predecessor1 = [John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(New_York_politician_born_1752)) | successor1 = Eliphalet Wickes | office2 = Member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) | term_start2 = 1784 | term_end2 = Unknown | birth_name = Samuel Riker | birth_date = {{birth date|1743|4|8}} | birth_place = [Newtown](/source/Elmhurst%2C_Queens), [Province of New York](/source/Province_of_New_York), [British America](/source/British_America) | death_date = May 19, 1823 (aged 80) | death_place = Newtown, [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S. | party = [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party) | spouse = Anna Lawrence | children = }} '''Samuel Riker''' (April 8, 1743 – May 19, 1823) was an American politician and a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for [New York's 1st congressional district](/source/New_York's_1st_congressional_district) from 1804 to 1805 and again from 1807 to 1809. ==Early life== He was born on April 8, 1743, in [Newtown](/source/Elmhurst%2C_Queens) on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) in what was then the [Province of New York](/source/Province_of_New_York) into a family of Dutch origin. He was a son of Andrew Riker (1699–1762) and Jane ([née](/source/n%C3%A9e) Berrien) Riker (1703–1775). His great-grandfather Abraham Ryker (1619–1689) was born in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) and settled in [New Netherland](/source/New_Netherland). ==Career== After Riker attended the common schools, he was a member of the Newtown committee of correspondence in 1774, and was supervisor of [Suffolk County](/source/Suffolk_County%2C_New_York) in 1783. He was the [lieutenant](/source/lieutenant) of Light Horse during the [American Revolution](/source/American_Revolution).{{cite book |last1=Society |first1=Sons of the Revolution New York |title=The Constitution of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution: And By-laws and Register of the New York Society |date=1892 |publisher=Exchange Printing Company |page=223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223 |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}} Samuel Riker was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) in 1784. He was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Eighth Congress](/source/8th_United_States_Congress) to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(New_York_politician_born_1752)). He served from November 5, 1804, to March 3, 1805. He was also elected to the [Tenth Congress](/source/10th_United_States_Congress), which met from March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809. ==Personal life== Riker was married to Anna Lawrence (1749–1833). Anna was a daughter of Joseph Lawrence and a niece of merchant and New York State Senator [Jonathan Lawrence](/source/Jonathan_Lawrence). Among her cousins were [Samuel](/source/Samuel_Lawrence_(congressman)), [John](/source/John_L._Lawrence), and [William T. Lawrence](/source/William_T._Lawrence_(politician)).{{cite book |last1=Lawrence |first1=Thomas |title=Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family: From Their First Landing in this Country, 1635 to the Present Date, July 4th, 1858 |date=1858 |publisher=E.O. Jenkins |pages=102–110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhExAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA107 |accessdate=28 August 2019 |language=en}} Together, they were the parents of: * Joseph Lawrence Riker (1770–1796), a sailor who died in [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica). * Andrew Riker (1771–1817) * [Richard Riker](/source/Richard_Riker) (1773–1842), the [Recorder of New York City](/source/Recorder_of_New_York_City) who married Jennet Phoenix, a daughter of Treasurer Daniel Phoenix (1737–1812). * Abraham Riker (1776–1821), who married Harriet Pierson.{{cite book |last1=Riker |first1=James |title=A Brief History of the Riker Family: From Their First Emigration to this Country in the Year 1638, to the Present Time |date=1851 |publisher=D. Fanshaw, printer |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHctAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19 |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}} * Patience Riker (1778–1851), who married John Lawrence (1758–1817) in 1802.{{cite book |last1=Quinn |first1=Frederick |title=A House of Prayer for All People: A History of Washington National Cathedral |date=2014 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-8192-2924-3 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqByBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}} * Samuel Riker (1780–1811), a lawyer. * Jane Margaret Riker (1782–1868), who married merchant John Thom.{{sfn|Dunlop|1893}} After his death, she married Irish-American physician [William James MacNeven](/source/William_James_MacNeven).{{DNB|wstitle=MacNeven, William James |first=Robert|last=Dunlop|volume=35}} * Anna Elvira Riker (1785–1860), who married Douwe Ditmars. * John Lawrence Riker (1787–1861), who married Maria Smith.{{cite book |last1=Austin |first1=Hugh S. |title=The Riker-Lent Family: A Genealogy |date=1970 |publisher=Fla. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aq5OAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=28 January 2020 |language=en}} He died in Newtown in [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) on May 19, 1823. He was interred in the Dutch Reformed Cemetery. ===Descendants=== Through his daughter Patience, he was a grandfather of Patience Riker Lawrence (wife of Timothy Gridley Churchill) and a great-grandfather of Jane Lawrence Churchill, who married [Henry Y. Satterlee](/source/Henry_Y._Satterlee), the [Episcopal](/source/Episcopal_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America) [Bishop of](/source/Bishop) [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.),[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/12/07/103376331.pdf Dr. Satterlee is Chosen"] ''New York Times.'' December 7, 1895.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/03/22/105744446.pdf Dr. Satterlee consecrated as Bishop of Washington"] ''New York Times.'' March 22, 1896. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{CongBio|R000257}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=New York | district=1 | district_ord=1st | before=[John Smith](/source/John_Smith_(New_York_politician_born_1752)) | after=[Eliphalet Wickes](/source/Eliphalet_Wickes) | years=1804–1805 }} {{US House succession box | state=New York | district=1 | district_ord=1st | before=[Eliphalet Wickes](/source/Eliphalet_Wickes) | after=[Ebenezer Sage](/source/Ebenezer_Sage) | years=1807–1809 }} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riker, Samuel}} Category:Members of the New York State Assembly Category:American politicians of Dutch descent Category:1743 births Category:1823 deaths Category:People from Elmhurst, Queens Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from New York (state) Category:19th-century United States representatives Category:18th-century members of the New York State Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel Riker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Riker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Riker?action=history)). 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