A member of the Republican Party in the United States , Blair was chosen to be a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention , and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858 and 1860 . During the Thirty-seventh Congress , Blair was named chairman of the United States House Committee on Private Lands . After unsuccessfully running for reelection in 1862 , he resumed the practice of law
1856 Republican National Convention
1856 Republican National Convention
Samuel Steel Blair