Samuel Steel Blair

Samuel Steel Blair
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th district
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	John R. Edie
Succeeded by	James T. Hale
Personal details
Born	(1821-12-05)December 5, 1821 Indiana, Pennsylvania
Died	December 8, 1890(1890-12-08) (aged 69)
Political party	Republican

Samuel Steel Blair (December 5, 1821 – December 8, 1890) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, he attended the public schools and graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He began practicing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania in 1846.

Blair was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention, and was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican in 1858 and 1860. During the Thirty-seventh Congress, Blair was chairman of the United States House Committee on Private Lands. He unsuccessfully ran for reelection in 1862 and resumed the practice of law. He was again an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1874.

Blair died in Hollidaysburg and was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Samuel Steel Blair (id: B000529)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 
• The Political Graveyard
• Samuel Steel Blair at Find a Grave