Samuel Demeritt Felker

Background

Felker was born to William H. and Deborah A. (Demeritt) Felker in Rochester, New Hampshire.

Education

Felker graduated from Dartmouth College in 1882. In 1888 Felker earned a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the Boston University School of Law.

Career

In 1912 Felker ran as a Democrat for, because no candidate received a majority of the vote, Felker was selected Governor by the New Hampshire legislature. Felker lost in his bid for reelection in 1915. After he was defeated in his bid to be reelected Governor of the New Hampshire, his successor Rolland H. Spaulding, appointed Felker as, a position Felker held from July 20, 1915 until 1930.

Felker died on November 14, 1932.

Membership

Feckler was a member of the Congregationalist Church. Felker was a member of the New Hampshire state constitutional convention of 1889, he served in the New Hampshire Senate from 1890 to 1892, as the mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire in 1896 and 1897, and from 1909 to 1911 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Connections

Father:

William H. Felker

Mother:

Deborah (Demeritt) Felker

Spouse:

Mary J. Dudley