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| In office March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842 |
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| Preceded by | Dudley Chase |
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| Succeeded by | Samuel C. Crafts |
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| Born | March 31, 1782 Stonington, Connecticut, USA |
| Died | January 15, 1857 Montpelier, Vermont, USA |
| Political party | National Republican, Whig |
| Spouse | Lucretia Houghton Prentiss |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge |
Samuel Prentiss (March 31, 1782 – January 15, 1857) was a United States Senator from Vermont. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dudley Chase ( December 30, 1771 - February 23, 1846) was a United States Senator from Vermont. Samuel Chandler Crafts ( October 6, 1768 November 19, 1853) was a United States Representative, Senator and Governor Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Town of Stonington is in New London County, Connecticut in the southeastern corner of that U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Montpelier (mɒntˈpiːljɚ is a city in the US state of Vermont that serves as the state Capital and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For the party of Abraham Lincoln to George W Bush see Republican Party (United States (G The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person A judge, or justice, is an Official who presides over a Court of law Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
Born in Stonington, Connecticut, he moved to Northfield, Massachusetts in 1786; he completed preparatory studies and was instructed in the classics by a private tutor. The Town of Stonington is in New London County, Connecticut in the southeastern corner of that U Northfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. "Classical literature" redirects here For literature in Classical languages outside the Graeco-Roman sphere see Ancient literature. He studied law in Northfield and in Brattleboro, Vermont; he was admitted to the bar in 1802 and practiced in Montpelier from 1803 to 1822. Brattleboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located in the southeast corner of the state along the state line with New Hampshire A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Montpelier (mɒntˈpiːljɚ is a city in the US state of Vermont that serves as the state Capital and
Prentiss was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1824-1825 and was an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court; he was elected chief justice in 1829. The Vermont House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest Judicial authority of the U In 1831, Prentiss was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the U. For the party of Abraham Lincoln to George W Bush see Republican Party (United States (G S. Senate; he was reelected as a Whig in 1837 and served from March 4, 1831, to April 11, 1842, when he resigned to accept a judicial assignment. The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Twenty-seventh Congress).
Samuel Prentiss was the originator and successful advocate of the law to suppress dueling in the District of Columbia; appointed by President John Tyler he was from April 1842 until his death, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by John Tyler Jr (March 29 1790 January 18 1862 was the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845 and the first ever to obtain that office via succession The United States District Court for the District of Vermont is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Vermont. He died in Montpelier, and his remains were interred in Green Mount Cemetery.
John Holmes Prentiss, Samuel's brother, was a United States Representative from New York. John Holmes Prentiss ( April 17, 1784 - June 26, 1861) was a United States Representative from New York. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
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| Preceded by Dudley Chase |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Vermont March 4, 1831 – April 11, 1842 Served alongside: Horatio Seymour, Benjamin Swift and Samuel S. Phelps |
Succeeded by Samuel C. Crafts |
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