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.
Samuel Prentiss
Born 1782 in Stonington, CT
Died 1857 in Montpelier, VT
FJC ID: 1935
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- U.S. senator from Vermont1831–1842
- Vermont Supreme CourtJudge · 1825–1830
- ↳chief judge · 1829–1830
State representative · 1824–1825- Private practice, Montpelier, Vermont1803–1824
Appointments
1842–1857 · Appointed by John Tyler (Whig)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1802