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 SAMUEL PASCO

, of Monticello, was born in London, England; when quite young removed with his father first to Prince Edward Island, thence to Massachusetts; was prepared for college at the high school in Charlestown and graduated at Harvard in 1858; in January, 1859, he went to Florida to take charge of the Waukeenah Academy, in Jefferson County, where he has ever since resided; in July, 1861, entered the Confederate army as a private; at the close of the war became clerk of the circuit court of his county; was admitted to the bar in 1868; in 1872 became a member of the Democratic State committee, and from 1876 to 1888 was its chairman; has represented Florida on the Democratic national committee since 1880; in 1880 was elected a presidential elector at large; in 1885 was president of the constitutional convention of his State; in 1887, while speaker of the State house of representatives, was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, to succeed Charles W. Jones. The legislature charged with the election of his successor had not met at the expiration of his term and he was appointed by the governor to serve during the interim; when the legislature assembled in April, 1893, he was nominated by acclamation and reëlected unanimously. His term of service will expire March 3, 1899.