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Samuel W. Mardis

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Samuel Wright Mardis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Preceded byDixon H. Lewis
Succeeded byJoab Lawler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byRobert E. B. Baylor
Succeeded byJohn McKinley
Personal details
Born(1800-06-12)June 12, 1800
Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 1836(1836-11-14) (aged 36)
Talladega, Alabama, U.S
Political partyJacksonian

Samuel Wright Mardis (June 12, 1800 – November 14, 1836) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on June 12, 1800, in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He received academic training, attended an "old field school",[clarification needed] and studied law. He was admitted to the bar, and he commenced practice in Montevallo, Alabama in 1823. From 1823 to 1825, in 1828, and in 1830, he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives.

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses. He served from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1835. In 1835, he moved to Mardisville, Alabama in Talladega County and continued the practice of law. He died in Talladega, Alabama on November 14, 1836. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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  • United States Congress. "Samuel W. Mardis (id: M000128)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 3rd congressional district

March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Succeeded by