Samuel Beach Axtell
| Samuel Beach Axtell | |
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Governor Samuel B. Axtell in 1876
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| 9th Governor of New Mexico Territory | |
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In office 1875–1878 |
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| Preceded by | William G. Ritch (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Lew Wallace |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Donald C. McRuer |
| Succeeded by | Sherman Otis Houghton |
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October 14, 1819 Franklin County, Ohio |
| Died | August 7, 1891 (aged 71) Morristown, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Chief Justice and politician |
Samuel Beach Axtell (October 14, 1819 – August 7, 1891) was an American jurist and politician. He is noted for serving as Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court, territorial Governor of Utah and New Mexico, and a two-term Congressman from California.
Axtell was born in Franklin County, Ohio, to a family of farmers. An ancestor was an officer in the American Revolutionary army and his grandfather was a Colonel of a New Jersey regiment during the War of 1812. He married Adaline S. Williams of Summit County, Ohio, September 20, 1840 and moved to Mt. Clemens, Michigan in 1843. Axtell was a graduate of the Western Reserve College at Oberlin, Ohio and was admitted to the bar in Ohio in the 1830s.
In 1851, Axtell was caught up in the last days of the California Gold Rush. He moved to California and engaged in gold mining along the American River - in which he had little success. Upon the organization of California's counties he became interested in Politics and was elected district attorney of Amador County, holding this office for three terms. He moved to San Francisco in 1860, and was elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat, Representing California's First Congressional District in 1866 and re-elected 1868. He chose not to run for re-election when he changed political parties.
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