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Sampson Hale Butler (January 3, 1803 – March 16, 1848) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
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. 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 Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 4,750 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Edgefield County. Edgefield is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. Geography Edgefield is ...
. He moved to
Barnwell, South Carolina Barnwell is a city in and county seat of Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States, located along U.S. Route 278. The population was 4,750 at the 2010 census. Geography Barnwell is located east of the center of Barnwell County at (33.24453 ...
, and continued the practice of law. Sheriff of
Barnwell County Barnwell County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,589. Barnwell County is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Central Sava ...
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 Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the populatio ...
, March 16, 1848. He was interred in a cemetery in that city.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Sampson Hale 1803 births 1848 deaths People from Barnwell, South Carolina Democratic Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina People from Edgefield County, South Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly