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About Samuel Peters
Samuel H. Peters was an American businessman and politician from Louisiana. A Republican, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 1872, but he died from complications caused by yellow fever shortly before he was due to take office. If Peters had lived long enough to have taken office officially, he would have been the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana.
Everything about Samuel Peters →- Occupation
- businessperson, politician
- Position held
- United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1835
- Died
- September 26, 1873