Samuel Peyton Explained

Samuel Peyton
State:Kentucky
District:2nd
Term Start:March 4, 1857
Term End:March 3, 1861
Predecessor:John P. Campbell Jr.
Successor:James S. Jackson
State2:Kentucky
District2:3rd
Term Start2:March 4, 1847
Term End2:March 3, 1849
Predecessor2:Henry Grider
Successor2:Finis McLean
Office3:Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Term3:1835
Birth Date:8 January 1804
Birth Place:Bullitt County, Kentucky
Death Place:Hartford, Kentucky
Restingplace:Oakwood Cemetery
Birthname:Samuel Oldham Peyton
Nationality:USA
Party:Democrat
Alma Mater:Transylvania University
Profession:Physician
Signature:Samuel-O.-Peyton-sig.jpg
Signature Alt:Saml. O. Peyton

Samuel Oldham Peyton (January 8, 1804 – January 4, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Bullitt County, Kentucky, Peyton completed preparatory studies.He was graduated from the medical department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1827 and began practice in Hartford, Kentucky.He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835.

Peyton was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress.

Peyton was elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1860. He resumed the practice of medicine. He died in Hartford, Kentucky on January 4, 1870, four days before his 66th birthday. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.