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Samuel Prentiss
Whig · Senate · Vermont · 1831–1843
Samuel Prentiss was a Whig U.S. senator from Vermont, serving 1831–1843. Cast 1,704 votes and missed 22.9%.
- Years in Congress
- 10
- Votes missed
- 22.9%
- Born
- 1782
- Died
- 1857
Biography
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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Terms in office
- Senate, Vermont1831–1837 · Anti-Jacksonian
- Senate, Vermont1837–1843 · Whig
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Capitol Receipts, “Samuel Prentiss (W-VT), Senate 1831–1843,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/P000510/samuel-prentiss (accessed 2026-10-15).