Samuel W. Mardis

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 by	Dixon H. Lewis
Succeeded by	Joab Lawler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Robert E. B. Baylor
Succeeded by	John McKinley
Personal details
Born	(1800-06-12)June 12, 1800 Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	November 14, 1836(1836-11-14) (aged 36) Talladega, Alabama, U.S
Political party	Jacksonian

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", 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.

References

• United States Congress. "Samuel W. Mardis (id: M000128)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.