Samuel Sitgreaves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Sitgreaves

American politician

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1764

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1827

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Samuel Sitgreaves (March 16, 1764 – April 4, 1827) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, he pursued classical studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia on September 3, 1783 and began practice in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1786.
He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1790, and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, until his resignation in 1798.
Sitgreaves was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Senator William Blount.
On August 11, 1798, Sitgreaves was appointed United States commissioner to Great Britain under the Jay treaty, regarding British debt claims arising from the American Revolution.



Description	French painter and engraver
Date of birth/death	12 March 1770	June 1852
Location of birth/death	Dijon	Dijon
Work location	United States of America (1793–1814)
Authority control	: Q2958470 VIAF: 45055625 ISNI: 0000 0000 6677 0578 ULAN: 500019413 LCCN: n82094933 Open Library: OL6967022A WorldCat