Mcnutt, Samuel
farmer, educator, lawyer, journalist, state senator, was born Nov. 21, 1825, in Ireland, of Scotch origin.
His boyhood was spent on a farm in Delaware; and he was educated at the Delaware college. He then engaged in educational work; and was elected president of the New Castle County Teachers' association. In 1851 he began the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wis. In 1852 he was professor of the Male seminary of Hernando, Miss., and in 1856 was principal of the public school of Muscatine, Iowa. The same year he was editor of the Times- Inquirer; during 1856-59 was associate editor of the Dubuque Herald; and in 1861 became editor of the Dubuque Daily Union. From 1864 he served six years as a representative in the Iowa state legislature; and during 1870-74 served as a state senator. In 1884 he was a member of the Farmers' National congress, and in 1890 was appointed United States consul to Maracaibo, Venezuela.