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Preceded by
  
Party
  
Political party
  
Democratic

Role
  
U.S. representative


Name
  
Sampson Butler

Succeeded by
  
Profession
  
lawyer

Resigned
  
September 27, 1842

Born
  
January 3, 1803Edgefield District, South Carolina (
1803-01-03
)

Died
  
March 16, 1848, Tallahassee, Florida, United States


Resting place
  
Alma mater
  

Sampson Hale Butler (January 3, 1803 – March 16, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District, South Carolina, Butler attended the country schools and South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Edgefield, South Carolina.

He moved to Barnwell, South Carolina, and continued the practice of law. Sheriff of Barnwell County 1832–1839, he then served as member of the State house of representatives from 1832–1835.

Butler was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1839, until September 27, 1842, when he resigned.

He resumed the practice of law. He moved to Florida and died in Tallahassee, Florida, March 16, 1848. He was interred in a cemetery in that city.

References

Sampson H. Butler Wikipedia


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