Background
Ralston, Samuel Moffett was born on December 1, 1857 in in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Scott) Ralston.
Ralston, Samuel Moffett was born on December 1, 1857 in in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Scott) Ralston.
Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal School, Central Indiana Normal College, Danville, Indiana, 1884.
Admitted to Indiana Bar, 1886. Practiced, Lebanon, Indiana. President School Board, 1908-1911.
Presidential elector, 1888, 92.
Governor of Indiana, 1913-1917. United States senator, 1923-1929.
Member law firm Ralston, Gates, Lairy, Van Nuys & Barnard, Indianapolis. Mason, Knights of Pythias
Married Mary Josephine Backous, December 26, 1881 (died 1882). Married second, Jennie Craven, December 30, 1889.