Samuel O'Melveny
Samuel O'Melveny | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Territorial Legislature of Illinois | |
| In office 1816–1817 | |
| Member of the Illinois Senate | |
| In office 1820–1821 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ireland |
| Died | 1828 |
Samuel O'Melveny was an American politician who served as a member of the Third Territorial Legislature of Illinois and the Illinois House of Representatives.[1]
O'Melveny was born in Ireland and resided in Kentucky before moving to Pope County in 1816 where he served as the first county treasurer.[2] He led a group of some 60 Irish settlers to form a colony 15 miles north of Golconda in Pope County, Illinois.[3]
In 1816, he served in the 2nd session of the 3rd Illinois Territorial Legislature.[4] He was a signatory of the First Illinois Constitutional Convention.
In 1819, he moved to Randolph County.[2]
He served as a state representative representing Pope County in the 2nd Illinois General Assembly, after the ouster of Samuel Alexander.[5]
O'Melveny died in 1828.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Illinois Blue Book (1931-1932). State of Illinois. 1932. pp. 738 and 740.
- ^ a b c Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volume 6, Part 2. Illinois State Historical Society. January 1913. pp. 139–140.
- ^ Smith, George Washington (January 1927). History of Illinois and Her People, Volume 2. American Historical Society. pp. 73–74.
- ^ Illinois Blue Book (1909-1910). State of Illinois. 1910. pp. 109–110.
- ^ Moses, John (January 1882). Illinois, Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State. Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, Including Original Documents and Papers. Together with Carefully Prepared Statistical Tables. Vol. 2. Fergus Printing Company. p. 1164.
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