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.