Samuel Watkins Eager (April 8, 1789 – December 23, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1830 to 1831.
He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Newburgh, New York.
He moved to Montgomery, New York, in 1826, and continued the practice of his profession.
Eager was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hector Craig and served from November 2, 1830, to March 3, 1831.
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