Sampson Hale Butler (January 3, 1803 – March 16, 1848) was a

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from

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. Born near Ninety Six, Edgefield District, South Carolina, Butler attended the country schools and South Carolina College (now the

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) at Columbia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in

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. He moved to

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, 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

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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

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, 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