Samuel S. Conner

Samuel Shepard Conner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 19th district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	James Parker
Succeeded by	Joshua Gage
Personal details
Born	1783 Exeter, New Hampshire
Died	December 17, 1820 Covington, Kentucky
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Denniston
Alma mater	Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale College
Profession	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	March 12, 1812-July 14, 1814
Rank	Major, Lieutenant Colonel
Commands	Twenty-first Infantry, Thirteenth Infantry
Battles/wars	War of 1812 Battle of York

Samuel Shepard Conner (ca. 1783 – December 17, 1820) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, Conner attended Phillips Exeter Academy in 1794. He was graduated from Yale College in 1806. He studied law.

Conner married Elizabeth Denniston of Albany, New York. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waterville, Maine (at that time a district of Massachusetts), in 1810. Conner served in the War of 1812. Conner was first a Major of the Twenty-first Infantry. In the beginning of 1813 Conner served as Aide-de-camp to General Henry Dearborn. He was one of the American officers who accepted the British surrender at the Battle of York. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry March 12, 1813. He resigned July 14, 1814. He resumed the practice of law in Waterville, Maine.

Conner was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817). He was appointed surveyor general of the Ohio land district in 1819. He died in Covington, Kentucky, December 17, 1820.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

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