Samuel Earle

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Samuel Earle (November 28, 1760 – November 24, 1833) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, he moved to South Carolina in 1774; he participated in the American Revolutionary War, entering the service as an ensign in 1777 and leaving as captain of a company of rangers in 1782. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1784 to 1788, and was a delegate to the State convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 12, 1788; he was a delegate to the South Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1790.

Earle was elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797. He died in Pendleton District, South Carolina; interment was in Beaverdam Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina.

Elias Earle, Samuel's uncle, and John Baylis Earle, his cousin, were also U.S. Representatives from South Carolina.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Andrew Pickens

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797

Succeeded by William Smith

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.