# Samuel Tweedy

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'''Samuel Tweedy''' (March 8, 1776 – July 1, 1868) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut).

Born at Nine Partners, New York in 1776, he later moved to [Danbury, Connecticut](/source/Danbury%2C_Connecticut). He was a member of the [Connecticut House of Representatives](/source/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives) in 1818, 1820, and 1824 and also served in the [Connecticut Senate](/source/Connecticut_Senate) 1826–1828.

Tweedy held many local offices before being elected as an [Anti-Jacksonian](/source/Anti-Jacksonian) to the [Twenty-third Congress](/source/Twenty-third_Congress) (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). He died in [Danbury, Connecticut](/source/Danbury%2C_Connecticut), aged 92. He was buried in Wooster Cemetery.

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Category:1776 births
Category:1868 deaths
Category:Connecticut state senators
Category:Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Danbury, Connecticut
Category:People from Millbrook, New York
Category:National Republican Party United States representatives from Connecticut
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly
Category:Burials at Wooster Cemetery (Danbury, Connecticut)

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