Sampson H. Butler
U.S. Congressperson
1803 – 1848
Who was Sampson H. Butler?
Sampson Hale Butler 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 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.
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