Samuel MEREDITH, Congress, PA (1741-1817)
MEREDITH, Samuel, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1741; attended Doctor Allisonâs Academy in Philadelphia; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served in the Revolutionary War as major and lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Associators in 1776; promoted to brigadier general of Pennsylvania Militia April 5, 1777; resigned in 1778; twice a member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly; Member of the Continental Congress 1786-1788; appointed surveyor of the port of Philadelphia August 1, 1789; was the first United States Treasurer appointed under the Constitution, and served from September 11, 1789, until his resignation December 1, 1801; retired to his country home, âBelmont Manor,â near Pleasant Mount, Wayne County, Pa., where he died February 10, 1817; interment in the family cemetery on his estate.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
