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Samuel Wright Mardis (June 12, 1800 – November 14, 1836) was an American politician and a member of the
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from
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. He was born on June 12, 1800, in
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. He received academic training, attended an "old field school", and studied law. He was admitted to the
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, and he commenced practice in
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in 1823. From 1823 to 1825, in 1828, and in 1830, he was a member of the
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. 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
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in Talladega County and continued the practice of law. He died in
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on November 14, 1836. He was
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in Oak Hill Cemetery.


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1800 births 1836 deaths Members of the Alabama House of Representatives Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American politicians People from Fayetteville, Tennessee People from Montevallo, Alabama People from Talladega County, Alabama {{alabama-politician-stub