13 Facts About Samuel Bunch

Samuel Bunch was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.

Samuel Bunch attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Samuel Bunch married Amanda Anderson, daughter of Joseph M and Mary Cocke Anderson about 1806 in Granger County.

Colonel Samuel Bunch originally commanded the 1st Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen of the Tennessee militia composed of three-month enlistees from October 1813 to January 1814.

On January 10,1814, Samuel Bunch was granted command of the 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen and stayed in command until July 14,1814.

Reports have indicated that multiple companies within Samuel Bunch's Regiment were dispatched from Fort Williams to serve under General Andrew Jackson in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

Samuel Bunch was sheriff of Grainger County for several years.

Samuel Bunch was elected to Congress in 1833, defeating former 2nd district representative John Cocke, 4,319 votes to 1,815.

Samuel Bunch was reelected by a similar margin in 1835.

Samuel Bunch served as a Jacksonian in the Twenty-third Congress and as an Anti-Jacksonian in the Twenty-fourth Congress, and subsequently joined the Whig Party.

Samuel Bunch served as major of the 4th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers in the Mexican War.

Samuel Bunch resumed agricultural pursuits and died on his farm near Rutledge, Tennessee on September 5,1849.

Samuel Bunch is interred at a private cemetery on his farm.