succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party profession preceded width term birth_date article_title state birth_name
john j. ingalls 27 august 1891 whitinsville , massachusetts , u.s. southampton , massachusetts , u.s. senator republican politician , teacher , railroad president '' -lrb- none -rrb- '' 200px april , 1873 4 , 1861 & ndash ; march 3 3 january 1816 samuel c. pomeroy
 kansas samuel clarke pomeroy
samuel c. pomeroy

samuel clarke pomeroy -lrb- january 3 , 1816 -- august 27 , 1891 -rrb- was an american republican senator from kansas in the mid-19th century , serving in the united states senate during the american civil war .
pomeroy served in the massachusetts house of representatives .
he also was the mayor of atchison , kansas , from 1858 to 1859 , the second president of the atchison , topeka and santa fe railroad and the first president to oversee any of the railroad 's construction and operations .
pomeroy succeeded cyrus k. holliday as president of the railroad on january 13 , 1864 .
in 1864 , pomeroy was the chair of a committee supporting secretary of the treasury salmon p. chase for the republican nomination for president of the united states over the incumbent , abraham lincoln .
pomeroy also spoke in support of chase 's candidacy in the senate .
the pomeroy committee issued a confidential circular to leading republicans in february 1864 attacking lincoln , which had the unintended effect of galvanizing support for lincoln and seriously damaging chase 's prospects .
on december 18 , 1871 , at the urging of ferdinand vandeveer hayden and after learning of the findings of the hayden geological survey of 1871 , pomeroy introduced the `` act of dedication '' bill into the senate that ultimately led to the creation of yellowstone national park .
