Samuel B. Romaine

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Samuel B. Romaine was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Colonel Benjamin Romaine (1764–1844, several times Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society).

Samuel Romaine was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816–17 and from 1819 to 1822, and was Speaker in 1822.

His son Benjamin Romaine, Jr. was a well-known Whig politician in the 1850s in New York's 15th Ward.

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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1822
Succeeded by


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