Biography

11/10/1776 - 03/19/1839

Samuel Gross (Democratic Republican7) Montgomery County 1811-1815

Early Life:

Samuel Gross, born November 10, 1776, Upper Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; public school education; engaged farming; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1803-1809; elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 1811-1815; elected, United States House of Representatives, 1819-1823; retired from public service, returned to his agricultural interests; died, March 19, 1839, Trappe, Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1803-1809

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Montgomery County, 1811-1815.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district, Sixteenth Congress, 1819-1821.

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district, Seventeenth Congress, 1821-1823.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "G"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Samuel Gross (1776-1839) - Find a Grave Memorial