Sampson H. Butler Explained

Sampson Hale Butler
Birth Date:January 3, 1803
Birth Place:Edgefield District, South Carolina
Death Place:Tallahassee, Florida
Resting Place:Tallahassee, Florida
State:South Carolina
District:4th
Term Start:March 4, 1839
Term End:September 27, 1842
Predecessor:Franklin H. Elmore
Successor:Samuel W. Trotti
Office2:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Barnwell District
Term2:November 26, 1832  - December 19, 1835
Alma Mater:South Carolina College
Profession:lawyer
Party:Democratic

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.