| Samuel Prioleau | |
| Order: | 26th Mayor of Charleston |
| Term Start: | 1824 |
| Term End: | 1825 |
| Predecessor: | John Geddes |
| Successor: | Joseph Johnson |
| Party: | Federalist |
| Birth Date: | 4 September 1784 |
| Birth Place: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Death Date: | 6 May 1839 (aged 54) |
| Death Place: | Pendleton, South Carolina |
| Profession: | lawyer |
Samuel Prioleau was the twenty-sixth mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, serving from 1824 to 1825.
The Prioleaus were a prominent South Carolina planter family of French Huguenot descent.[1] In 1820, Prioleau was elected to serve as a representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives for Charleston.[2] He was well suited for service on the Judiciary Committee given his legal training.[3] In 1825, he was made Recorder of the City by the City Council of Charleston.[4]
His son, Charles K. Prioleau, was a cotton merchant who became the primary financial agent for the Confederacy in England during the American Civil War.[5]