About Samuel W. Trotti
Lived 1810 – 1856 (aged 45). Samuel W. Trotti was an American politician and lawyer.
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.
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Who was Samuel W. Trotti?
American politician (1810–1856)
When was Samuel W. Trotti born?
Samuel W. Trotti was born on 18 July 1810 in Barnwell.
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Samuel W. Trotti died on 24 June 1856 in Fairfield County, South Carolina, Old Buckhead, South Carolina.
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Samuel W. Trotti was a politician and lawyer.
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Samuel W. Trotti was American.
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