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Samuel Farrow

Samuel Farrow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by Elias Earle
Succeeded by Thomas Moore
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1816–1819
In office
1822–1823
24th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
December 8, 1810 – December 10, 1812
Governor Henry Middleton
Preceded by Frederick Nance
Succeeded by Eldred Simkins
Personal details
Born 1759
Virginia
Died November 18, 1824 (aged 64–65)
Columbia, South Carolina
Political party Democratic-Republican
Profession lawyer

Samuel Farrow (1759 – November 18, 1824) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Virginia in 1759, Farrow moved to South Carolina with his father's family, who settled in Spartanburg District in 1765. He served in the Revolutionary War. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits near Cross Anchor. The 24th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1810–1812.

Farrow was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1814. He resumed the practice of law. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1816–1819 and 1822–1823. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, November 18, 1824. He was interred in the family burial ground on his plantation, near the battlefield of Musgrove Mill, South Carolina.


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