Samuel L. Duncan was a farmer, educator, and minister who served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 until 1876 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1876 until 1880. [1] [2] A Republican, he represented Orangeburg. He opposed a bill to provide artificial legs to Confederate South Carolina veterans because it excluded U.S. Army veterans. [3] He helped establish the Good Samaritan Lodge Hall's school for African Americans. [4] He was from Fort Motte. [3] He signed opposition to a delay of a State Senate investigation into the abuse of prisoners sent to work for railroads and other businesses. [3]
Duncan was born in the 1810s and died shortly before the start of World War I. [1]
He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1876 to 1880. [4] He was commissioned as a Captain of Company H of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division of the National Guard on October 29, 1873. [4] He chaired the South Carolina Republican Party from 1874 to 1882. [4]
He was involved at Sandy Lawn Baptist Church and the Sandy Lawn School. He and Edward Israel Cain were honored with a South Carolina Senate resolution February 8, 2023. [4]