Samuel L. Duncan
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]
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[edit]- ^ a b Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Senate, South Carolina General Assembly (May 1, 1878). "Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, Being the Sessions of ..." Charles P. Pelham, State Printer – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Senate, South Carolina General Assembly (May 1, 1879). "Journal of the Senate of the State of South Carolina, Being the Sessions of ..." Charles P. Pelham, State Printer – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/498.htm