Samuel Prioleau | |
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26th Mayor of Charleston | |
In office 1824–1825 | |
Preceded by | John Geddes |
Succeeded by | Joseph Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 September 1784 Charleston,South Carolina |
Died | 6 May 1839 (aged 54) Pendleton,South Carolina |
Political party | Federalist |
Profession | lawyer |
Samuel Prioleau was the twenty-sixth mayor of Charleston,South Carolina,serving from 1824 to 1825.
The Prioleaus were a prominent South Carolina planter family of French Huguenot descent. [1] In 1820,Prioleau was elected to serve as a representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives for Charleston. [2] He was well suited for service on the Judiciary Committee given his legal training. [3] In 1825,he was made Recorder of the City by the City Council of Charleston. [4]
His son,Charles K. Prioleau,was a cotton merchant who became the primary financial agent for the Confederacy in England during the American Civil War. [5]