Samuel A. Witherspoon - Wikipedia

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Samuel A. Witherspoon
Witherspoon c. 1913
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th district
In office March 4, 1911 – November 24, 1915
Preceded by	Adam M. Byrd
Succeeded by	William W. Venable
Personal details
Born	Samuel Andrew Witherspoon May 4, 1855 near Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	November 24, 1915 (aged 60) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting place	Rose Hill Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Mississippi
Profession	Politician, lawyer

Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (May 4, 1855 – November 24, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born near Columbus, Mississippi, Witherspoon attended the public schools. In 1872 he moved with his mother to Oxford, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1876 with a degree in law. He became a professor at the University of Mississippi from 1876 to 1879. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Meridian, Mississippi, the same year.

Witherspoon was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Meridian, Mississippi, November 24, 1915. He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

• United States Congress. "Samuel A. Witherspoon (id: W000662)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Samuel Andrew Witherspoon, late a representative from Mississippi, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Adam M. Byrd	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 5th congressional district 1911–1915	Succeeded by William W. Venable