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Samuel W Trotti

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Preceded by
  
Profession
  
lawyer

Succeeded by
  
John Campbell

Name
  
Samuel Trotti


Political party
  
Role
  
U.S. representative

Party
  
Democratic Party

Born
  
July 18, 1810Barnwell, South Carolina (
1810-07-18
)

Died
  
June 24, 1856, Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States


Samuel Wilds Trotti (July 18, 1810 – June 24, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, Trotti attended the common schools. He graduated from South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1832. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Seminole War.

Trotti served as member of the State house of representatives from 1840 to 1841 from 1852 to 1855. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sampson H. Butler and served from December 17, 1842, to March 3, 1843.

He resumed the practice of law. He died in Buckhead, Fairfield District (now county), South Carolina, June 24, 1856.

References

Samuel W. Trotti Wikipedia


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