Samuel Prentiss
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"Senator Prentiss" redirects here. For the Ohio State Senate member, see C. J. Prentiss.
Samuel Prentiss (March 31, 1782 – January 15, 1857) was an associate justice and chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, a United States senator from Vermont and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
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Samuel Prentiss | |
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United States district judge for the District of Vermont | |
In office April 8, 1842 – January 15, 1857 | |
Appointed by | John Tyler |
Preceded by | Elijah Paine |
Succeeded by | David Allen Smalley |
United States Senator from Vermont | |
In office March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842 | |
Preceded by | Dudley Chase |
Succeeded by | Samuel C. Crafts |
Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | |
In office 1829–1830 | |
Preceded by | Richard Skinner |
Succeeded by | Titus Hutchinson |
Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | |
In office 1825–1829 | |
Preceded by | Joel Doolittle |
Succeeded by | Titus Hutchinson |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Montpelier district | |
In office 1824–1825 | |
Preceded by | Araunah Waterman |
Succeeded by | William Upham |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Prentiss (1782-03-31)March 31, 1782 Stonington, Connecticut |
Died | January 15, 1857(1857-01-15) (aged 74) Montpelier, Vermont |
Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery Montpelier, Vermont |
Political party | Federalist National Republican Whig |
Spouse |
Lucretia Houghton
(m. 1804; died 1855) |
Children | 12 (including Theodore Prentiss) |
Relatives |
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Profession | Attorney |
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