Samuel Prentiss

Samuel Prentiss
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	John Holmes Prentiss (brother) William A. Prentiss (brother)
Profession	Attorney

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.