Samuel D. Shannon
7th Secretary of the Wyoming Territory
In office April 9, 1887 – July 1, 1889
Preceded by	Elliott S. N. Morgan
Succeeded by	John W. Meldrum
Personal details
Born	Samuel Davis Shannon (1834-05-03)May 3, 1834 Camden, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 9, 1896(1896-09-09) (aged 62) Pikesville, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Elizabeth Peton Giles
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Years of service	1860-1865
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Samuel Davis Shannon (May 3, 1833 – September 9, 1896) was an American soldier and politician who served as the 7th Secretary of the Wyoming Territory as a Democrat.

Life

Samuel Davis Shannon was born on May 3, 1833, in South Carolina and during the Civil War married Elizabeth Peton Giles. In December 1860 in joined the Confederate Army and was given the rank of captain and during the American Civil War he served on the staff of Major General Richard H. Anderson.^[1]

Following the Civil War he became a journalist, but later moved to Denver, Colorado due to poor health and then to Cheyenne, Wyoming. On April 9, 1887, he was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as Secretary of the Wyoming Territory and served until July 1, 1889.^[2] Following his tenure he returned to the eastern United States and was later placed into a Soldier's Home in Pikesville, Maryland, where he died from Bright's disease on September 9, 1896.^[3]