Samuel Howell Ashbridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSamuel Howell Ashbridge
American mayor
Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1848
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 01-Mar-1906
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Samuel Howell Ashbridge
- Samuel Howell Ashbridge (December 5, 1848 – March 1, 1906) was an American politician.
- He served one term as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1899 to 1903.
- He was one of the mayors excoriated in Shame of the Cities, a series by muckraker Lincoln Steffens on municipal corruption.
- A report by the Philadelphia Municpal League referred to his administration as “a crew of municipal pirates.”
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