Sampson H. Butler

Sampson Hale Butler ( born January 3, 1803 Ninety Six, Greenwood County, South Carolina, † March 16, 1848 in Tallahassee, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1842 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Sampson Butler attended the common schools and then studied at the South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina in Columbia. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1825 admitted to the bar he began in Edgefield to work in his new profession. Later he transferred his residence and the law firm after Barnwell. Butler was also a member of the militia of his state, in which he was colonel.

Politically, Butler member of the Democratic Party. From 1832 to 1839 he was sheriff in Barnwell County. From 1832 to 1835 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from South Carolina. Butler was a supporter of John C. Calhoun. During the Nullifikationskrise he supported the claims of the State of South Carolina and advocated an extension of slavery. Butler was, like Calhoun, an advocate of the rights of the individual states against the federal government.

In 1838 he was the first electoral district of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Campbell on March 4, 1839. After a re-election in 1840, Butler was able to start a second term in Congress on March 4, 1841. But for health reasons he stepped back early on 27 September 1842 by its mandate. Its seat then fell after a by-election to Samuel W. Trotti. After his time in the House of Representatives Butler worked for some time as a lawyer. He then moved to Tallahassee, Florida. He is also passed on 16 March 1848.