About Sampson H. Butler
Lived 1803 – 1848 (aged 45). Sampson H. Butler was an American politician and lawyer.
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 to 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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American politician (1803–1848)
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Sampson H. Butler was born on 3 January 1803 in Edgefield County.
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Sampson H. Butler died on 16 March 1848 in Tallahassee.
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Sampson H. Butler was a politician and lawyer.
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