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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Samuel T. Sawyer |
| Email | None |
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00, 1800
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| Died | November 29, 1865
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
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| Info | SAWYER, Samuel Tredwell, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., in 1800; attended Edenton Academy and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Edenton; member of the State house of representatives 1829-1832; served in the State senate in 1834
U.S. Representative 1837-1839; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-fifth Congress)
Moved to Norfolk, Va., and resumed the practice of law; editor of the Norfolk Argus for several years; appointed collector of customs at Norfolk on May 16, 1853, and served until April 6, 1858; moved to Washington, D.C.; during the Civil War was appointed, September 17, 1861, commissary with the rank of major in the Confederate service and served until August 2, 1862; died in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., November 29, 1865.
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