Samuel Riker (April 8, 1743 – May 19, 1823) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born on April 8, 1743 in Newtown, Long Island, New York into a family of Dutch origin. His great-grandfather Abraham Ryker (1619–1689) was born in the Netherlands and settled in New Netherland. Samuel Riker attended the common schools, was a member of the Newtown committee of correspondence in 1774, and was supervisor of Suffolk County in 1783. He was the lieutenant of Light Horse during the American Revolution.
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1823 (aged 79)
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