Samuel Earle

Samuel Earle (born November 28, 1760 in Frederick County , Colony of Virginia , †  November 24, 1833 in Pendleton District, South Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1797 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Earle moved to South Carolina in 1774. During the War of Independence he rose from ensign to captain in the Continental Army between 1777 and 1782. After the war he began a political career. Between 1784 and 1788 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . In 1788 he was a member of the convention that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of South Carolina . In 1790 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution of South Carolina. Samuel Earle became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by later President Thomas Jefferson .

In 1794 Earle was elected to the US House of Representatives in the sixth constituency of South Carolina. There he took over from Andrew Pickens on March 4, 1795 . By March 3, 1797 he completed a term in Congress . Nothing is known about Earle's subsequent life. He did not hold any other higher political office and died on November 24, 1833 in the Pendleton District. This district included what is now Pickens County , Anderson County, and most of Oconee County . Samuel Earle was buried in Beaverdam , Oconee County.

Samuel Earle was a nephew of Elias Earle (1762-1823), who repeatedly represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives between 1805 and 1821. His cousin John B. Earle (1766-1836) was a member of Congress for South Carolina between 1803 and 1805.

Web links

• Samuel Earle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Earle in the database of Find a Grave (English)