Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow (born 1759 in Colony of Virginia , †  November 18, 1824 in Columbia , South Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Both the exact date and place of birth of Samuel Farrow are unknown. In 1765 he and his father moved to South Carolina, where they settled in the Spartanburg area. During the War of Independence he was a soldier in the Continental Army . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1793, he began to practice his new profession in Spartanburg. He also worked in agriculture near Cross Anchor .

Farrow was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1810 and 1812 he served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina. In the congressional election of 1812 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Elias Earle on March 4, 1813 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1814, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1815 , which was marked by the events of the British-American War .

After serving in the House of Representatives, Samuel Farrow returned to work as a lawyer and in agriculture. From 1816 to 1819 and again from 1822 to 1823 he was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives . He died in Columbia on November 18, 1824 and was buried on his plantation in Spartanburg County .

Web links

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

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