Samuel W. Black

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Former Governor of Nebraska Territory

Samuel Wylie Black was a lawyer, soldier, judge, and politician. A Democrat closely involved in Pennsylvania politics, he is best known for being the 7th Governor of the Nebraska Territory and for being killed in action leading his regiment in a... Wikipedia

Born: September 3, 1816, Pittsburgh, PA

Died: June 27, 1862 (age 45 years), Hanover County, VA

Books: The Past and Future of the Nineteenth Century: An Address to the Union and Washington Societies of Washington, Pa., Delivered September 25th, 1850, at the Annual Commencement

Party: Democratic Party

Previous office: Governor of Nebraska Territory (1859–1861)

Education: University of Pittsburgh

Rank: Colonel