Samuel W. Trotti Explained

Samuel Wilds Trotti
Birth Date:July 18, 1810
Birth Place:Barnwell, South Carolina
Death Place:Buckhead, Fairfield District, South Carolina
State3:South Carolina
District3:4th
Term Start3:December 17, 1842
Term End3:March 3, 1843
Predecessor3:Sampson H. Butler
Successor3:John Campbell
Office1:Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Barnwell District
Term1:November 22, 1852  - December 19, 1855
Term2:November 23, 1840  - December 17, 1841
Alma Mater:South Carolina College
Profession:lawyer
Party:Democratic

Samuel Wilds Trotti (July 18, 1810 – June 24, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, Trotti attended the common schools. He graduated from South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1832. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Seminole War.

Trotti served as member of the State house of representatives from 1840 to 1841 from 1852 to 1855. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sampson H. Butler and served from December 17, 1842, to March 3, 1843.

He resumed the practice of law. He died in Buckhead, Fairfield District (now county), South Carolina, June 24, 1856.