Samuel W. Trotti
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Samuel Wilds Trotti (July 18, 1810 - June 24, 1856) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, Trotti attended the common schools. He was graduated from South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1832. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served in the Seminole War. He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1840 to 1841 from 1852 to 1855.
Trotti was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sampson H. Butler and served from December 17, 1842, to March 3, 1843. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Buckhead, Fairfield District (now county), South Carolina, June 24, 1856.
