Background
Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke was born on January 3, 1816 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Dorcas (Burt) Pomeroy.
Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke was born on January 3, 1816 in Southampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel and Dorcas (Burt) Pomeroy.
Attended Amherst College, 1836-1838.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1852, 53. Financial agent New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854, accompanied 2d party of settlers to Kansas Territory. Chairman Kansas Committee of Public Safety.
Delegate to Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, 1856, Chicago, 1860.
Kansas free-state advocate. Mayor Atchison (Kansas), 1858-1859.
Head relief committee for drought and famine in Kansas, 1860-1861. Member United States Senate from Kansas, 1861-1873.
Member United States Senate from Kansas, 1861-1873.
Married Annie Pomeroy. Married second, Lucy Ann Gaylord, April. Married 3d, Mistress.