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Galloway Samuel was an educator and congressman. He was a lecturer upon education and temperance.
Background
Samuel Galloway was born on March 20, 1811. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The first Galloway came to America from Northern Ireland and settled in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and about the same time the Buchanans, another Scotch-Irish family, settled in the same neighborhood. James Galloway, the father of Samuel, married a Buchanan.
Education
Galloway received his early education in Gettysburg, but when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, upon the death of his father, he moved to Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio.
In 1829, he entered Miami University, from which institution he graduated four years later at the head of his class. He then began the study of law at Hillsboro, Ohio, but abruptly abandoned his legal studies to enter Princeton Theological Seminary as a student.
He remained only a year (1836) at Princeton and then, possibly on account of financial difficulties, began teaching.
Career
Samuel was appointed a professor of Greek in his alma mater, but ill health compelled him to resign within a year. Upon his recovery, he resumed his teaching, first in Hamilton, Ohio, then at Miami University, 1837-38, and later as professor of classical languages at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1838-40. During this period, he was in great demand as a lecturer upon education and temperance.
In 1842, he was admitted to the bar and the following year formed a partnership with Nathaniel Massie at Chillicothe. In 1843, he was elected secretary of state; in 1844, he moved to Columbus.
As secretary of state (1844 - 50), he was ex-officio superintendent of schools.
In 1854, he was elected to Congress, where he added to his reputation as an orator. A trenchant address on Kansas was highly commended for its keen satire and vigorous argument at home and abroad, but Galloway was defeated for re-election by Samuel S. Cox. He thereupon resumed his legal practice and took an active interest in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church.
During the Civil War, he was in close relations with President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, both of whom frequently consulted him. He was appointed judge advocate of Camp Chase, the only federal office he ever held.
After the war, he practiced law, and in 1871 his name was suggested for the governorship. His failure to receive the nomination, which went to Rutherford B. Hayes, was a keen disappointment to him. He died the following year, in Columbus.
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Religion
Samuel was by nature deeply religious and for many years was undecided whether to select the ministry or the law for his life-work. In 1841, however, he decided to return to Ohio and resume his study of law.
Politics
Because of his Calvinistic educational traditions and his association with Horace Mann and Calvin E. Stowe, Samuel became an enthusiastic advocate of popular education.
When the question of slavery began to agitate the country, Galloway allied himself with the anti-slavery men, although he preferred working within the Whig party to joining any of the avowedly anti-slavery political parties.
Views
Samuel's reports to the legislature dwelt upon the deplorable condition of the common schools in Ohio and embodied many valuable suggestions looking toward reform.
Personality
Samuel's analytical mind, sound logic, careful preparation, and clear and forcible delivery soon brought him recognition.
Connections
In 1843, Galloway was married to Joan Wallin of Cincinnati.