Samuel Pettengill
| Samuel B. Pettingill | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd district | |
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In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
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| Preceded by | Eugene B. Crowe |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Grant |
| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 13th district | |
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In office March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew J. Hickey |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
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January 19, 1886 Portland, OR, USA |
| Died | March 20, 1974 (aged 88) Springfield, VT, USA |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Campbell (1912-1948) (her death) (1 child) Helen M. Charles (1949-1974) (his death) |
| Children | Susan |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Samuel Barrett Pettengill (January 19, 1886 – March 20, 1974) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district and nephew of William Horace Clagett.
Pettengill was born January 19, 1886 in Portland, Oregon, the second son of Samuel Barrett and Susan Clagett Pettengill. After his mother’s death in 1890, the family moved to Vermont in 1892, and lived on the ancestral farm settled by his great-grandfather in 1787 in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont. He attended the common schools. He graduated from Vermont Academy at Saxtons River, Vermont in 1904, from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, in 1908, and from the law department of Yale University in 1911. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in South Bend, Indiana.
He was a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Indiana and the United States Supreme Court. He was the recipient of honorary degrees from Harding, Franklin, Marietta and Middlebury Colleges and Norwich University. He served as member of the board of education of South Bend from 1926 to 1928. On June 1, 1912, Mr. Pettengill married Josephine Campbell of Napoleon, Ohio, who died on June 26, 1948. They had one daughter, Susan, (Mrs. Thomas B. Douglas), who lives in Washington, D.C. On July 16, 1949, he married Helen M. Charles, of New York City. He was a Congregationalist and a member of the Grafton Church in Grafton, VT all his life.
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