Samuel Tredwell Sawyer | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |
Preceded by | William Biddle Shepard |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Rayner |
Personal details | |
Born | 1800 |
Died | November 29, 1865 (aged 64–65) |
Political party | Whig |
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800 – November 29, 1865) was an American attorney and politician. Although he served as Congressional Representative, today he is mostly remembered for fathering the two children of the young slave Harriet Jacobs, in whose autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, he features prominently.