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Samuel PRENTISS, Congress, VT (1782-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1842Party: Anti-Jacksonian; WhigPRENTISS, Samuel, (brother of John Holmes Prentiss), a Senator from Vermont; born in Stonington, Conn., March 31, 1782; moved to…

Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

(Encyclopedia) Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonPufendorf, Samuel, Baron vonzäˈm&oomacr;ĕl bärônˈ fən p&oomacr;ˈfəndôrf [key], 1632–94, German jurist and historian. He is especially noted as an…

Samuel BELL, Congress, NH (1770-1850)

Senate Years of Service: 1823-1835Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianBELL, Samuel, (father of James Bell, grandfather of Samuel Newell Bell, and uncle of Charles Henry Bell),…

Samuel McROBERTS, Congress, IL (1799-1843)

Senate Years of Service: 1841-1843Party: DemocratMcROBERTS, Samuel, a Senator from Illinois; born near Maystown, Monroe County, Ill. (then a portion of the Northwest Territory), April 12, 1799…

Samuel CHASE, Congress, NY (1838)

CHASE, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown; district attorney of Otsego County, 1821-1829; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth…

CHASE, Samuel, Congress, NY (1838)

CHASE, Samuel, a Representative from New York; born in Cooperstown, N.Y., birth date unknown; district attorney of Otsego County, 1821-1829; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth…

Samuel LIVERMORE, Congress, NH (1732-1803)

Senate Years of Service: 1793-1801Party: Pro-Administration; FederalistLIVERMORE, Samuel, (father of Arthur Livermore and Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator…

CHASE, Samuel, Congress, MD (1741-1811)

CHASE, Samuel, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., April 17, 1741; was tutored privately and pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar…

Samuel JOHNSTON, Congress, NC (1733-1816)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1793Party: Pro-AdministrationJOHNSTON, Samuel, a Delegate and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Dundee, Scotland, December 15, 1733; immigrated to the United…

Samuel Shethar PHELPS, Congress, VT (1793-1855)

Senate Years of Service: 1839-1851; 1853-1854Party: Whig; WhigPHELPS, Samuel Shethar, a Senator from Vermont; born in Litchfield, Conn., May 13, 1793; graduated from Yale College in 1811;…