Seargent Smith Prentiss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Seargent Smith Prentiss

American politician

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1808

Place of Birth: Portland, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1850

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Seargent Smith Prentiss (30 September 1808 in Portland, Maine – 1 July 1850 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an attorney and politician.
He served as a state representative in Mississippi and then was elected in 1836 as US representative from the state in the Twenty-fifth United States Congress, serving one term from 1837 to 1839.
Prentiss was noted as one of the most remarkable orators of his day.
Daniel Webster, known himself as a top flight orator, said that he had never heard a speaker as powerful as Prentiss.