Samuel Anderson Purviance

Samuel Anderson Purviance (January 10, 1809 – February 14, 1882) was a Whig, Opposition Party and Republican politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel Anderson Purviance was born in Butler, Pennsylvania.

He moved to Warren County, Pennsylvania, and was prosecuting attorney for two years.

He served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the Republican Party from 1864 to 1868.

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