death_place death_date predecessor successor president relatives office parents birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
belmont corners , pennsylvania , u.s. 10 february 1817 michael hillegas thomas tudor tucker george washington john adams thomas jefferson george -rrb- clymer -lrb- brother-in-law -rrb- elizabeth meredith -lrb- sister treasurer of the united states reese meredith martha carpenter meredith 1741 2nd 1789 margaret cadwalader meredith samuel meredith
 december 1 , 1801 samuel meredith
samuel meredith

samuel meredith -lrb- 1741 -- february 10 , 1817 -rrb- was an american merchant from philadelphia , pennsylvania .
he was a delegate for pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788 .
president washington appointed him treasurer of the united states , and he held this office from 1789 until his retirement on december 1 , 1801 .
he was born in philadelphia to reese and martha -lrb- carpenter -rrb- meredith .
his father was a prominent local merchant , and after attending dr. allison 's academy , he joined the family business .
samuel would later expand the business in partnership with his brother-in-law george clymer , who married his sister elizabeth meredith in 1765 .
samuel married margaret cadwalader on may 19 , 1772 .
he lived his later life in northeastern pennsylvania .
he spent time in carbondale township in lackawanna county , pennsylvania , where the local fire department bears his name .
he died near pleasant mount in wayne county , pennsylvania , where he is interred in a private cemetery .
