Samuel Wright Mardis

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Samuel Wright Mardis (born June 12, 1800 in Fayetteville , Lincoln County , Tennessee , † November 14, 1836 in Talladega , Talladega County , Alabama ) was an American lawyer and politician.

Career

Samuel Wright Mardis received an academic education. He attended an old field school . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar, and began practicing in Montevallo, Alabama in 1823 . He also pursued a political career. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1823 to 1825 and from 1828 to 1830 . He was then elected as a Jacksonian in the 22nd US Congress and re - elected in the subsequent 23rd US Congress . He served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1835. Mardis then moved to Mardisville, Alabama, where he returned to practice as a lawyer. He died in Talladega in 1836 and was buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery .

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SURNAME Mardis, Samuel Wright
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Fayetteville , Lincoln County , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1836
Place of death Talladega , Talladega County , Alabama